Capital of Oriental Mitidja, Dictionary of municipalities of Algeria, towns, villages, hamlets, douars, military posts, bordjs, oases, caravanserais, mines, quarries, thermal and mineral springs, Piere Fontana, Printer -Editeur, 1903, page 120 of agricultural vocation, Rouïba became an industrial city after the Second World War, with its territory being the first and the largest industrial area of the country which extends on 1000 hectares , "Revue de géographie de Lyon", volume 55, 1980, 10 which makes it is one of the richest communes in Algeria. "