Aafir or Afir (Arabic: أعفير, Kabyle: ''Aɛfir'') is a town and

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located on the

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within

Dellys District Dellys is a district in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It was named after its capital, Dellys. Municipalities The district is further divided into 3 municipalities: *Dellys * Ben Choud *Aafir History French conquest * Shipwreck of Dellys (15 M ...

Boumerdès Province Boumerdès ( ar, ولاية بومرداس, Kabyle: Tanebḍit n Bumerdas) is a province ('' wilaya'') of northern Algeria, located in the Kabylia region, between Algiers and Tizi-Ouzou, with its capital at the coastal city of Boumerdès (form ...

, northern

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. According to the 1998 census it has a population of approximately 12,613. Aafir is one of three communes in the Dellys district, the others being

Ben Choud Ben Choud is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 8,853. History * First Battle of the Issers The First Battle of the Issers in May 1837, during the French conquest of Algeria, ...

and

Dellys Dellys ( ar, دلّس, Berber: Delles) is a small Mediterranean town in northern Algeria's coastal Boumerdès Province, almost due north of Tizi-Ouzou and just east of the Sebaou River. It is the district seat of the daïra of Dellys. The town ...

itself. The commune includes the western part of the forest of Mizrana, where the zawiya of Sidi Mhand Saadi is located. This zawiya was abandoned during the 1990s but is currently being renovated.Réhabilitation de la Zaouia Sidi M'Hend Saadi située au coeur de la forêt de Mizrana
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History

First Battle of the Issers The First Battle of the Issers in May 1837, during the French conquest of Algeria, pitted the troupes coloniales under General Perrégaux and Colonel Schauenburg against the troops of Kabylia of the ''Igawawen''. Background The ceasefire si ...

(1837)

Notable people

Abderrahmane Abdelli Abderrahmane Abdelli (born April 2, 1958) is a Berber author, composer, and singer songwriter known for mixing the traditional North African music of his homeland with modern sounds. Biography Abdelli was born in Mechta Behalil, a hamlet in the ...

, artist.

References

Communes of Boumerdès Province {{Boumerdès-geo-stub