- Brézina
Brézina (or Brezina, Arabic: بريزينة) is a municipality in
El Bayadh Province ,Algeria . It is the district seat ofBrézina District and has a population of 8.536, which gives it 7 seats in the PMA. Its postal code is "32170" and its municipal code is "3204".History
During French colonial years, it was called Brézina-El-Abiod and was united with nearby
El Abiod Sidi Cheikh and had the postal code "94105". After theAlgerian Civil War , inFebruary 28 th an armed group massacred 20 families,shepherd s and their families. On the next day, it is reported that five more people were killed than the previous estimate. As a result of the massacre, 35terrorist s were killed inEl Bayadh Province andGhardaïa Province by the Algerian Army. [cite web|url=http://timelines.ws/countries/ALGERIA.HTML|title=Timeline Algeria|publisher=Timelines of History|accessdate=2007-11-13]References
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