Lakhdaria

Lakhdaria
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الأخضرية
Commune and town
Lakhdaria
Coordinates: 36°33′44″N 3°35′40″E / 36.56222°N 3.59444°E / 36.56222; 3.59444
Country Algeria
ProvinceBouïra Province
Population
 (2008)
  Total
42,886
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Lakhdaria (Arabic: الأخضرية), is a town in northern Algeria, in the Bouïra Province. It is located 50 miles (75 km) south east of Algiers. It is surrounded by the Kabylie mountains and by a 3-mile (4.8 km) long river named Oued Isser, passing by rocky mountains called the grottoes of Lakhdaira.