Aïn Defla Province

Aïn Defla (ولاية عين الدفلى, is a wilaya (province) in northern Algeria. It is located to the southwest of Algiers, the capital. Localities in Ain Delfa include Aïn Defla, Miliana, El Attaf, Djelida and Djendel.

History
The province was created from Chlef Province in 1984.

Administrative divisions
It is made up of 14 districts and 36 municipalities.

The districts are:


 * 1) Aïn Defla
 * 2) Aïn Lechiakh
 * 3) Bathia
 * 4) Bordj El Amir Khaled
 * 5) Boumedfaâ
 * 6) Djendel
 * 7) Djelida
 * 8) El Abadia
 * 9) El Amra
 * 10) El Attaf
 * 11) Hammam Righa
 * 12) Khemis
 * 13) Miliana
 * 14) Rouina

The municipalities are:


 * 1) Aïn Bénian
 * 2) Aïn Bouyahia
 * 3) Aïn Defla
 * 4) Aïn Lechiakh
 * 5) Aïn Soltane
 * 6) Aïn Torki
 * 7) Arib
 * 8) Barbouche
 * 9) Bathia
 * 10) Bellas
 * 11) Ben Allal
 * 12) Bir Ould Khelifa
 * 13) Bordj Emir Khaled Chikh
 * 14) Bouchared
 * 15) Boumedfaa
 * 16) Djelida
 * 17) Djemaa Ouled
 * 18) Djendel
 * 19) El Abadia
 * 20) El Amra
 * 21) El Attaf
 * 22) El Hassania
 * 23) El Maine
 * 24) Hammam Righa
 * 25) Hoceinia
 * 26) Khemis Miliana
 * 27) Mekhatria
 * 28) Miliana
 * 29) Oued Chorfa
 * 30) Oued Djemaa
 * 31) Rouina
 * 32) Sidi Lakhdar
 * 33) Tacheta Zougagha
 * 34) Tarik Ibn Ziad
 * 35) Tiberkanine
 * 36) Zeddine

Notable people

 * Mohamed Charef (1908-2011), theologian and mufti.
 * Mohamed Belhocine (born 1951), Algerian medical scientist, professor of internal medicine and epidemiology.