Beni Amrane is a town and

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

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 ...

, 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 The Expedition of the Col des Beni Aïcha in May 1837, during the French conquest of Algeria, pitted the troupes coloniales under Colonel Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg against the troops of ''Beni Aïcha'' of the ''Igawawen''. Historical Conte ...

(1837) * First Battle of the Issers (1837) * Battle of the Col des Beni Aïcha (1871)

Algerian Revolution

* Ferme Gauthier

Salafist terrorism

2008 Beni Amrane bombings The 2008 Beni Amrane bombings were two bombings on June 9, 2008 that killed 13 people in the town of Beni Amrane in the Boumerdès Province, from Algiers, the capital of Algeria. The first bomb killed a French citizen and his Algerian driver ...

(9 June 2008)

Rivers

This commune is crossed by several rivers: * Boumerdès River * Corso River *

Isser River The Oued Isser is a river of Algeria. It begins in Médéa Province, is the main river, with Oued Sébaou of the Medea, which runs through the Lower Kabylie of Djurdjura (or the current province of Boumerdès) Wilaya of Bouira, then flows into ...

* Meraldene River

Football clubs

Notable people

* Boualem Boukacem (born 1957), Algerian artist. * Maamar Bettayeb (born 1953), Algerian academician. *

Mohamed Hassaïne Mohamed Hassaïne ( ar, محمد حساين) (born in Beni Amrane on 5 January 1945, and died in Larbatache on 28 February 1994) was an Algerian journalist. Early life Hassaïne was born in 1945 in the village of Azela within the Thénia Dis ...

(1945-1994), Algerian journalist.

References

Communes of Boumerdès Province {{Boumerdès-geo-stub