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Boumerdès ( ar, بومرداس; Kabyle: Bumerdas; formerly ''Rocher Noir'') is the capital city of Boumerdès Province,
File:Boumerdes.jpg, Cité Ali Bouyahiaoui
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Several mountain peaks are found in this commune:
* (444 m)
* (420 m)
Algeria
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. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ea ...
. It had a population of 28,500 in 1998 and 15,000 in 1987.
Boumerdès is a seaside city located in the north of Algeria
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about 50 km east of Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...
and 50 km west of Tizi Ouzou. During French occupation of Algeria, the city was named Rocher Noir, translated from French as Black Rock.
It is the capital city of Wilaya (district) of Boumerdès. The 6.8 Mw Boumerdès earthquake shook northern Algeria
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with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). More than 2,200 people were killed, over 10,000 were injured, and a moderate tsunami sank boats at the Balearic Islands
The Balearic Islands ( es, Islas Baleares ; or ca, Illes Balears ) are an archipelago in the Balearic Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The archipelago is an autonomous community and a province of Spain; its capital is ...
. The city became the capital of the province, having the same name, according to the administrative division in 1984.
The city is famous as a scientific center, including a number of national institutes and the University of M'hamed Bouguerra. The institutes include l'Institut Algérien du Pétrole (the Algerian Petroleum Institute
The Algerian Petroleum Institute ( ar, المعهد الجزائري للبترول, french: Institut Algérien du Pétrole), is a national graduate institute of petroleum engineering located in Boumerdès, Algeria. Commonly known as "IAP", the s ...
IAP), Faculté des Hydrocarbures et de la Chimie (Faculty of Hydrocarbons and Chemistry FHC), l'Institut National d'Électricité et d'Électronique (The National Institute for Electricity and Electronics INELEC), l'Institut National de Génie mécanique
L'Institut is a French hip hop collective, established in 2005 as an offshoot of Sexion d'Assaut, and associated with Wati B. L'institut was formed by various rap and hip hop / freestyle acts mostly coming from 9th arrondissement in Paris. L'Ins ...
(The National Institute of Mechanical Engineering ENGM), l'Institut National des Industries légères
L'Institut is a French hip hop collective, established in 2005 as an offshoot of Sexion d'Assaut, and associated with Wati B. L'institut was formed by various rap and hip hop / freestyle acts mostly coming from 9th arrondissement in Paris. L'Ins ...
(The National Institute for Light Industries INIL).
The city is also known as an industrial center containing the headquarters of Sonatrach
Sonatrach ( ar, سوناطراك; french: Société Nationale pour la Recherche, la Production, le Transport, la Transformation, et la Commercialisation des Hydrocarbures) is the national state-owned oil company of Algeria. Founded in 1963, it is ...
Exploration, l'Entreprise Nationale de Géophysique
Entreprise may refer to:
* ''L'Entreprise'' was French frigate captured in May 1705, and recommissioned as
*The French Navy had, between 1671 and 1846, at least 23 sailing vessels christened with the name , French for "Enterprising"
See also
*E ...
( ENAGEO), and le Centre de Recherches et de Développement
Center or centre may refer to:
Mathematics
*Center (geometry), the middle of an object
* Center (algebra), used in various contexts
** Center (group theory)
** Center (ring theory)
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(Research and Development Center for Sonatrach CRD).
Neighbourhoods
The neighbourhoods of ''Boumerdès'' are:Cité 11 décembre 1960
Cité may refer to: Places
* Cité (Paris Métro), the metro station on the ''Île de la Cité''
* Cité (Quebec), type of municipality in Quebec
* Citadel, the historical centre of an old city, originally fortified
* Housing estate, a group of ho ...
File:Boumerdès.JPG, Quartier du front de mer A quarter is one-fourth, , 25% or 0.25.
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Places
* Quarter (urban subdivision), a section or area, usually of a town
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* Le Quartier, a settlement i ...
File:Gare ferrouviaire de Boumerdès.jpg, Cité Ibn Khaldoun
Cité may refer to: Places
* Cité (Paris Métro), the metro station on the ''Île de la Cité''
* Cité (Quebec), type of municipality in Quebec
* Citadel, the historical centre of an old city, originally fortified
* Housing estate, a group of ho ...
File:Photo rocher noir 07012019.jpg, Cité du Rocher Noir
Cité may refer to: Places
* Cité (Paris Métro), the metro station on the ''Île de la Cité''
* Cité (Quebec), type of municipality in Quebec
* Citadel, the historical centre of an old city, originally fortified
* Housing estate, a group of ho ...
Rivers
This commune is crossed by several rivers: *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
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Geology
Several mountain peaks are found in this commune:
* (444 m)
* (420 m)
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)
Health
*Mohamed Bouyahiaoui Hospital
Mohamed Bouyahiaoui Hospital ( ar, مستشفى محمد بويحياوي) was founded in 1978 in the town of Boumerdès and is the oldest hospital in this city.
This hospital center is affiliated with the Algerian Ministry of Health, Population ...
Sport
Notable people
* Brahim Boushaki, Algerian theologian *Adel Djerrar
Adel Djerrar ( ar, عادل جرار; born 3 March 1990) is an Algerian footballer who plays for NA Hussein Dey as a midfielder.
Career
In June 2016, he joined JS Kabylie.
In June 2018, Djerrar signed a contract with CR Belouizdad.
In September ...
, Algerian footballer
* Mohamed Flissi, Algerian boxer
* Ali Laskri
Ali Laskri (born in Chabet el Ameur on 20 August 1955) is an Algerian politician. He is the leader of the political opposition Socialist Forces Front party in Algeria.
Biography
Ali Laskri was born in 1955 in the commune of Chabet el Ameur in the ...
, Algerian politician
* , Algerian lawyer
* , Algerian artist
* , Algerian academic
References
External links
* * * Populated coastal places in Algeria Populated places in Boumerdès Province Province seats of Algeria {{Boumerdès-geo-stub