Official Name: | Soumaâ |
Native Name: | صومعة |
Settlement Type: | Commune and town |
Pushpin Map: | Algeria |
Coordinates: | 36.5183°N 2.9053°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Algeria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Algeria |
Subdivision Name1: | Blida Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Population Total: | 37,461 |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Soumaâ is a town and commune in Blida Province, Algeria. It had a population of 31,451 in 1998 and a population of 37,461 in 2008.[1] On August 27, 1985, a group of MIA insurgents led by Mustafa Bouyali attacked a police school in the town and killed an officer.[2]