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Boumerdès 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 ...

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Bordj Menaïel Bordj Menaïel (from the Arabic برج - bordj, "tower" and Berber ''imnayen'' "cavaliers") is a town in the Boumerdès Province in Algeria. It is located in the western Kabylie region at and is 30 km away from the city of Boumerdès. As ...

Municipalities

The district is further divided into 4

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* Djinet * Leghata *

Zemmouri Zemmouri is a town and commune in the Bordj Menaïel District of Boumerdès Province, Algeria. As of 2008, the population of the municipality is 26,408. Villages The villages of the commune of ''Zemmouri'' are: History The coastal site of Ze ...

Villages

The villages of ''Bordj Menaïel District'' 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 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)

Algerian Revolution

Salafist terrorism

2008 Zemmouri bombing The 2008 Zemmouri bombing occurred on August 9, 2008 when a suicide bomber drove and detonated a vehicle laden with explosives into the headquarters of the Gendarmerie Nationale in the town of Zemmouri, Boumerdès Province, Algeria killing 8 ...

(9 August 2008) * 2010 Bordj Menaïel bombing (21 September 2010)

Rivers

* Oued Chender * Oued Djemaa * Oued Menaïel

Notable people

Farouk Belkaïd Farouk Belkaïd ( ar, فاروق بلقايد; born 14 November 1977) is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder or as a defender. Club career Belkaïd was born in Bordj Menaïel. In 1998, he joined JS ...

, footballer * Abdelhafid Benchabla, boxer * Bachir Boudjelid, footballer *

Faouzi Chaouchi Faouzi Chaouchi ( ar, فوزي شاوشي; born 5 December 1984) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for JS Bordj Ménaïel. Chaouchi is considered to be national hero by many Algerians, as he put in a heroic perfo ...

, footballer * Zinedine Ferhat, footballer *

Omar Fetmouche Omar Fetmouche ( ar, عمر فطموش) (born in Bordj Menaïel on 27 April 1955) is an Algerian artist, actor and playwright. Early life Fetmouche was born in 1955 in the town of Bordj Menaïel in lower Kabylia, and after having done his basi ...

, artist * Hocine Mezali, journalist and writer * Ali Rial, footballer *

Mustapha Toumi Mustapha Toumi (July 14, 1937 – April 3, 2013) was an Algerian songwriter, lyricist, composer, poet and painter. Biography Coming from a family of Bordj Menaïel, he was born on July 14, 1937, in the Casbah of Algiers. Long before the outbrea ...

, songwriter, lyricist, composer, poet and painter * Fatma Zohra Zamoum, writer and film-maker

References

Districts of Boumerdès Province {{Boumerdès-geo-stub