Baghlia

{{About|Baghlia||Baghlia (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name =Baghlia |other_name = |native_name = بغلية |nickname = |settlement_type =Commune and town |motto = |image_skyline = Baghlia rue aibda said.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_map = DZ 35 Baghlia.svg |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Algeria |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize=300 |pushpin_map_caption = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name ={{flag|Algeria}} |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 =Boumerdès Province |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |population_as_of = 1998 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =15854 |population_density_km2 = |timezone = CET |utc_offset = +1 |coordinates = {{coord|36|49|N|3|51|E|display=title|region:DZ_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Baghlia''' (Arabic بغلية) is a town and commune in the Baghlia District of Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 15,854.<ref>[http://www.statoids.com/ydz.html Statoids]</ref>

During the colonial period, it was given the name of '''Rébeval''', after Napoleonic general Joseph Boyer de Rébeval.<ref>[http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/geo.php?lieu=Rebeval+%28Alg%C3%A9rie%29 ANOM Rébeval]</ref>

==History== {{Main|History of Algeria}}

===French conquest=== {{Main|French conquest of Algeria}} * Expedition of the Col des Beni Aïcha (1837) * First Battle of the Issers (1837) * Battle of the Col des Beni Aïcha (1871)

===Algerian Revolution=== {{Main|Algerian Revolution}}

===Salafist terrorism=== {{Main|Salafist terrorism in Algeria}} {{See also|Terrorist bombings in Algeria}} * August 2010 Baghlia bombing (18 August 2010) * 2012 Baghlia bombing (29 April 2012)

==Notable people== {{Main|List of people from Boumerdès Province}} * Lounés Bendahmane, footballer

==References== {{Portal|Algeria}} {{reflist}}

Category:Communes of Boumerdès Province Category:Populated places in Boumerdès Province