Bouzeguene (alternatively Wizgane) is a Kabyle town in

Tizi Ouzou Province Tizi Ouzou ( Kabyle: Tawilayt n Tizi Wezzu, ar, ولاية تيزي وزو) is a province (''wilayah'') of Algeria in the Kabylia region. Its capital is Tizi Ouzou. History In 1984, Boumerdès Province was carved out of its territory. Adminis ...

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, approximately 170 km from

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. The village of Bouzeguene is located in the center of the

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of Bouzeguene and surrounded by around twenty other villages. The commune is at 60 km east of

Tizi-Ouzou Tizi Ouzou or Thizi Wezzu (, Kabyle: Tizi Wezzu) is a city in north central Algeria. It is among the largest cities in Algeria. It is the second most populous city in the Kabylie region after Bejaia. History Etymology The name ''Tizi Ouzou' ...

and borders the

Béjaïa Province The Béjaïa Province ( Kabyle: ''Tawilayt n Bgayet''; ar, ولاية بجاية, Latn, ar, Wilāyat Bijāyah; french: wilaya de Béjaïa or ) is a province of Algeria in the Kabylie region. The province's capital city is Béjaïa, the terminus ...

with the mountains of Ait Zikki with the Col de Chellata, and the Daira of Ighzer Amokrane. All the goods come from

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and

Tazmalt Tazmalt is a town in northern Algeria. It's about 85 km south west of Bejaia, 50 km at east of Bouira, 55 km south east of Tizi Ouzou, and 165 km south east of the capital Algiers. Tazmalt is the biggest city of Sahel-Djurdjura re ...

. Bouzeguene is known for its high number of

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s in different parts of the world. This is especially true of

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, as a majority of locals left to seek for a job under the

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. Bouzeguene was also the cradle of the

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against the French occupation and the birthplace of Colonel Mohand Oulhadj who fought the French Army from the 1950s until the

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in 1962.

Demographics

The population of Bouzeguene is formed of twenty one families who cohabit in the same order of respects and ran by a committee of imgharen tadarth who have meetings especially on Fridays to take care of the village's plans and issues.

External links

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site de bouzeguene village

Bouzeguene News
Communes of Tizi Ouzou Province {{TiziOuzou-geo-stub