Boghar 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 ...

Médéa Province Médéa ( ar, ولاية المدية) is a province ('' wilaya'') of Algeria. The capital is Médéa. Administrative divisions The province is divided into 19 districts ('' daïras''), which are further divided into 64 ''communes'' or municip ...

, Algeria.

History

During the

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post- Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediter ...

the town was the site of a Roman town called Voncaria. At the 411 Carthage conference, between Catholic and

Donatist Donatism was a Christian sect leading to a schism in the Church, in the region of the Church of Carthage, from the fourth to the sixth centuries. Donatists argued that Christian clergy must be faultless for their ministry to be effective and the ...

bishops, the town was represented by the

Felix, declaring that he did not have a Catholic competitor in his diocese. Then at the synod convened in Carthage in 484 by the Arian ruler

Huneric Huneric, Hunneric or Honeric (died December 23, 484) was King of the (North African) Vandal Kingdom (477–484) and the oldest son of Gaiseric. He abandoned the imperial politics of his father and concentrated mainly on internal affairs. He was m ...

of the Vandal Kingdom, the bishop Donatus Voncariensis represented the town.''Patrologia Latina'', vol LVIII, coll. 174, 342 e 347. The modern town was begun in July 1839 by

Abd el-Kader Abd al-Qadir or Abdulkadir ( ar, عبد القادر) is a male Muslim given name. It is formed from the Arabic words '' Abd'', '' al-'' and '' Qadir''. The name means "servant of the powerful", ''Al-Qādir'' being one of the names of God in th ...

. In October of the same year, the foundations of a fortification of a fort were seen, which was completed the following year. The town was burnt down in 1841 by General Baraguay-d'Hilliers, and then rebuilt by the French.

Politics

The current mayor is Hazedj Abdelkader.

References

Communes of Médéa Province Ancient Berber cities {{Algiers-geo-stub