Aïn M'lila is a town and commune

Communes of Algeria

This is a list of all communes in the North African country of Algeria. Currently, there are 1,541 communes in the country. The population data is from June 25, 1998.-See also:* List of cities in Algeria* List of postal codes of Algerian cities...

 in Oum El Bouaghi Province

Oum El Bouaghi Province

Oum El Bouaghi or Oum el-Bouaghi is a province of Algeria. The capital is Oum el-Bouaghi, which was named Can Robert , Sidi R'Ghis a few years later, and Oum El Bouaghi before independence....

, Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 69,798. It is the home-town of Larbi Ben M'hidi

Larbi Ben M'hidi

Mohammed Larbi Ben M'hidi ), commonly known as Larbi Ben M'hidi or simply as Ben M'hidi, was a prominent Algerian leader during the war of independence. He was captured by French paratroopers in February 1957 , while supervising the guerilla actions of the FLN in the Battle of Algiers...

, one of the most prominent Algerian leaders during the war of independence. It is the home of football club AS Ain M'lila

AS Ain M'lila

Association Sportive Aïn M'lila commonly known as AS Aïn M'lila or simply l'ASAM is an Algerian Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur football club based in Aïn M'lila...

 that currently play in the Championnat National de Football Amateur

Championnat National de Football Amateur

Championnat National de Football Amateur is the third-highest division in the Algerian football league system. The division has three groups based on the region of the clubs in the country, each containing 14 teams from their respective regions...

 (third division).

History

The first people known to have settled in the region are the Zemouls. They were the oldest and most formidable cavalry

Cavalry

Cavalry or horsemen were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback. Cavalry were historically the third oldest and the most mobile of the combat arms...

 which was established in Aïn M'lila on the road between Constantine

Constantine, Algeria

Constantine is the capital of Constantine Province in north-eastern Algeria. It was the capital of the same-named French département until 1962. Slightly inland, it is about 80 kilometres from the Mediterranean coast, on the banks of Rhumel river...

 and Batna

Batna City

Batna is the main city of Batna Province, Algeria. With a population of 285,800 it is the fifth largest city in Algeria. It is also one of the principal cities of the Chaoui area and is considered the capital of the Aures.-History:...

 during the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 ruling. The Zemouls were a war like tribe whose chief military and administrative bore the title of zemala caid. On an order of the Bey, they would take up arms, to ride and lend a hand, or to punish the rebels, or to facilitate the implementation of administrative measures. For each about fifty horsemen, was called a chaouch which had only a purely military authority. Under the last Bey, Hadj Ahmed

Ahmed Bey ben Mohamed Chérif

Ahmed Bey ben Mohamed Chérif, also known as Ahmed Bey or Hadj Ahmed Bey was the last Bey of Constantine, Algeria, ruling from 1826 to 1848. He was the successor of Mohamed Menamenni Bey ben Khan....

, they had more than five hundred horsemen commanded by ten or fifteen chaouche, as circumstances require.

World War I

As Algeria was French many people from Algeria participated in the War.


Refer to French Algeria

French Algeria

French Algeria lasted from 1830 to 1962, under a variety of governmental systems. From 1848 until independence, the whole Mediterranean region of Algeria was administered as an integral part of France, much like Corsica and Réunion are to this day. The vast arid interior of Algeria, like the rest...

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List of the war dead from Aïn M'lila during the first world war.

• Ali ben Saïd Benzouaï (16 June 1898 – 18 June 1918 - aged 20)
• Messaoud ben Larbi Harkat (14 June 1896 - 1 September 1918 - aged 22)

World War II

During the second world war a military airfield was built. It was built by the Army Corps of Engineers on a flat, dry lakebed at an altitude of 2580 feet, designed for heavy bomber use by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force during the North African Campaign with concrete runways, hardstands and taxiways.


Refer to Ain M'lila Airfield

Ain M'lila Airfield

Ain M'lila Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Algeria, located approximately 17 km north-northwest of Aïn Kercha in Oum el Bouaghi province, about 50 km south-southeast of Constantine...

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