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Médéa (Algeria)

LC control no.n 2014026996
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Geographic headingMédéa (Algeria)
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Geographic subdivision usageAlgeria--Médéa
Variant(s)Al-Madiyya (Algeria)
Al-Madya (Algeria)
Lamadīyah (Algeria)
Lambdia (Algeria)
Lemdiya (Algeria)
Madīyah (Algeria)
Madiyya (Algeria)
Madya (Algeria)
Madyah (Algeria)
Medeah (Algeria)
لمدية (الجزائر)
مدية (الجزائر)
Special noteNon-Latin script reference not evaluated
Found inJīlālī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad. Tārīkh al-mudun al-thalāth, 2007: t.p. (لمدية = Lamadīyah) cover (المدية = al-Madīyah)
GEOnet, via www, 13 May 2014: (Médéa, seat of 1st order ADM; 36° 15' 51" N 002° 45' 14" E; variants: Lambdia, Medeah)
EI2: (al-Madiyya, al-Madya, Lemdiya, in French Médéa; town of Algeria about 100 km/60 mi. south of Algiers, at altitude of 920 m./3,018 ft., on northern border of mountainous massif dividing high plateau from hte Mittīd̲j̲a; occupies site of a ROman settlement, Lambdia)
Wikipedia, via www, 13 May 2014: (Médéa (Arabic: المدية‎, pronounced Lemdiya), population 123,535 (1998 census) is the capital city of Médéa Province, Algeria. It is located roughly 83 km south of Algiers)
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