Souhane
commune and town in Blida Province, Algeria
Souhane is a large mountain town between Larbaa and Tablat in the wilaya of Blida, Algeria, along the RN 8 highway about 27 km south of Algiers.
Following the Souhane massacre of 20 August-21 August 1997, in which 64 people were killed and 15 women kidnapped, the terrified population left en masse, bringing the town's population down from 4000 before the massacre to just 103 in 2002; since then, the population has increased, to 300 in 2005. The population has grown rapidly since then, because of more people moving back into the town.
In the local elections of 2002, it gave 5 seats to the traditional single party the FLN, 1 to the recent pro-military RND, and 1 to the moderate Islamist HMS
Its postcode is 0917.
The public source identifies “Souhane” as commune and town in Blida Province, Algeria. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Souhane, commune and town.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3491561. Authority coordinates are 36.506, 3.237. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1997, 2002 and 2005.
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This entry incorporates text from “Souhane” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.