Mahfouda

Mahfouda Arabic: محفوضة Kabyle: Imeḥfuḍen is a village within the commune of Bouhamza in the wilayah of Béjaïa in Algeria.

The village is located North of the Bousselam river, South of Ighil N Tala, and West of Bouhamza. In the Southern end of the village is the Tichy-Haf Dam and reservoir, which were built 1999-2009, and is a 90 metre high arch dam with a capacity of 80 million cubic metres. It was commissioned to supply the 25 communes in the Akbou-Béjaïa corridor. There were demonstrations from the villagers who wanted compensation for their land which was used to build the reservoir.

The village includes the hamlets/villages of Ibouzithen, Tighilt and Tighilt n'Trahi.

The village has two mosques - Al-Nur Mosque (مسجد النور) and Nouvelle Mosque (المسجد الجديد).

In Tighilt there is a mosque - Tighit Mosque (مسجد تيغيت), and on the W35 at 36.4425892, 4.6495279 is the village shop, Chez Si Lahlou Oumerzoug (Tahanut n Si Lahlou), which opened in 1984 and sold vegetables, kitchen items and dairy products. The shop was a community hub and during the 1980s, the villagers met at the shop to play board games such as Taxxatemt and Acarreg n Lehlawat. The shop later sold phone accessories.

In Tighilt is the Cimetière n les Bezzou, which is opposite a mosque and the Cimetière n Tighilt.

In Ibouzithen there is a mosque - Oussaka Mosque (مسجد أوساكا). There is also a cemetery in the village off the W35. There is a tala on Abrid n LʿInsser, just Northwest of the Oussaka Mosque.