Djendel
Sign in to saveDjendel (formerly Lavigerie during the period of French colonization) is a commune in the Aïn Defla wilaya in northern Algeria, located 110 km southwest of Algiers, 40 km east of Aïn Defla, and 30 km southwest of Médéa.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Djendel
- Settlement.native_name
- Arabic: Berber:
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Djendel جندل - panoramio.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The boundary of Djendel
- Settlement.image_map
- DZ 44 Djendel.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Djendel's location within Aïn Defla Province
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Algeria
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Djendel's location within Algeria
- Settlement.pushpin_label
- Djendel
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- y
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Algeria
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Aïn Defla
- Settlement.area_total_sq_mi
- 96.91
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Algeria
- Named after
- Charles Lavigerie
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Department of Algiers
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Djendel District
- Image
- Djendel جندل - panoramio (3).jpg
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- Djendel
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Encyclopedic overview
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Djendel (formerly Lavigerie during the period of French colonization) is a commune in the Aïn Defla wilaya in northern Algeria, located 110 km southwest of Algiers, 40 km east of Aïn Defla, and 30 km southwest of Médéa.
== History == Formerly a mixed commune (commune mixte[fr] - an area where Europeans were present though in very small numbers) in the Algiers département of French Algeria, created on 25 August 1880, Djendel incorporated the douars (tribal territories) of Djendel, Ghribs, and Oued-Telbenet.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Djendel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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