Beni Amrane is a town and
commune in
Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 21,452.
Statoids
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Villages
The villages of the commune of ''Beni Amrane'' are:
History
French conquest
* Expedition of the Col des Beni Aïcha (1837)
* 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)
* Battle of the Col des Beni Aïcha
The Battle of the Col des Beni Aïcha or Battle of Thenia, which broke out on 19 April 1871, was a battle of the Mokrani Revolt between the Algerian rebels, and the France, which was the colonial power in the region since 1830.
Presentation
After ...
(1871)
Algerian Revolution
* Ferme Gauthier
The Ferme Gautier is a torture center established during the Algerian war in the commune of Souk El Had in Kabylia within Algeria.
Creation
This farm was created from 1872 when the farmer Gautier obtained an agricultural concession in Souk El ...
Salafist terrorism
* 2008 Beni Amrane bombings (9 June 2008)
Rivers
This commune is crossed by several rivers:
* Boumerdès River
Boumerdès ( ar, بومرداس; Kabyle: Bumerdas; formerly ''Rocher Noir'') is the capital city of Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea. It had a population of 28,500 in 1998 and 15,000 in 1987.
Boumerdès is a s ...
* Corso River Corso may refer to:
* Corso (surname)
* Corso, Boumerdès, a commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria
* Council of Organisations for Relief Service Overseas, see Jenny Gill
* Via del Corso, a main street in Rome
* "CORSO," a song by rapper Tyler, th ...
* Isser River
* Meraldene River
The Oued Meraldene or Oued Merabtene, also called Oued Bourdine, is a river of Algeria located in Kabylia within the framework of the Province of Boumerdès.
Presentation
The ''Meraldène'' stream is one of the main tributaries of the Boumerd ...
Football clubs
Notable people
*Boualem Boukacem
Boualem Boukacem ( ar, ), (October 12, 1957, in Beni Amrane) is a singer of Kabyle music within Algerian music.
Life
He was born on October 12, 1957, under the name ''Boualem Boukacem'' in the Azela village within the actual Boumerdès Pro ...
(born 1957), Algerian artist.
*Maamar Bettayeb
Maamar Bettayeb (born 7 June 1953) is a Control theory, control theorist, educator and inventor. He is the author of publications on understanding the singular value decomposition and model order reduction. Bettayeb is also a promoter of scient ...
(born 1953), Algerian academician.
* Mohamed Hassaïne (1945-1994), Algerian journalist.
References
Communes of Boumerdès Province
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