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{{About|the Algerian city||Blida (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Blida |native_name = {{lang|ar|البليدة}} {{in lang|ar}} {{Spaces|2}} |nicknames =City of roses, {{lang|ar|مدينة الورود}} |settlement_type =[[City]] |motto = |image_skyline = {{Photomontage | photo1a = Centre de Blida (Algérie), Place Toute.jpg | photo2a = Mosquée Ali Ibn Abi Taleb مسجد علي بن ابي طالب - panoramio (2).jpg | photo2b = Mosquée El Kawthar - Blida.jpg | photo3a = El Badr جامع البدر - panoramio.jpg | photo3b = Mosquée El Moudjahid - panoramio.jpg | size = 280 | spacing = 2 | color = transparent | border = 0 }} |image_caption = Overview of Blida |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = Blida Coat of Arms (French Algeria).svg |seal_size = |image_map = DZ - 09-01 - Blida - Wilaya de Blida.svg |mapsize = 180px |map_caption = Location of Blida, Algeria within [[Blida Province]] |pushpin_map = Algeria |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name ={{flag|Algeria}} |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Algeria|Province]] |subdivision_name1 =[[Blida Province]] |subdivision_type2 =[[Districts of Algeria|District]] |subdivision_name2 =[[Blida District]] |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_magnitude = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 72.1 |area_land_km2 = |population_as_of = 2012 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 182447 |population_metro = 1167882 |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone =[[Central European Time|CET]] |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|36|28|07|N|02|49|55|E|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 260 |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code = 09000 |area_code = 901 |blank_name = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]] |blank_info = [[Mediterranean climate#Hot-summer mediterranean climate|Csa]] |website = |footnotes = }} '''Blida''' ({{langx|ar|البليدة|translit=al-bulaydah}}) is a city in [[Algeria]]. It is the capital of [[Blida Province]], and it is located about 45 km south-west of [[Algiers]], the national capital.<ref>Alice Cherki and Nadia Benabid, 2006</ref> The name ''Blida'', i.e. ''bulaydah'', is a [[diminutive]] of the Arabic word ''belda'', city.
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