Isser, formerly spelled Issers ( ar, يسر, kab, ⵉⵙⴻⵔ) is a town and

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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 ...

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. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 27,990. As of the latest census it has 32,580 residents. Isser is located on the south bank of the

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 ...

and near the centre of the Isser coastal plain, which stretches from Thenia to

Naciria ''For the Sufi order of Tamegroute, Morocco see Nasiriyya.'' Naciria (Arabic الناصرية, Kabyle ''Leɛzib n Zeɛmum'') is a town and Communes of Algeria, commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria, between Bordj Menaïel to the north and the m ...

History

French conquest

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 Issers bombing The 2008 Issers bombing occurred on August 19, 2008, when a suicide bomber drove and detonated a vehicle laden with explosives into a crowd of para-military recruits waiting to take exams outside a police academy in Issers, Boumerdès Province, ...

(19 August 2008)

Transport

The road RN 12 runs through Isser, linking it with

Si-Mustapha Si-Mustapha is a town and commune in the Isser District of Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 9,015. Previously named Blad Guitoune ("land of the tent"), it was renamed Félix-Faure in 1899 during th ...

to the west and

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 ...

to the east. The smaller RN 68 links it to

Djinet Djinet (Arabic: جنّات ''Jannāt''), the classical antiquity, classical Cissi, is a port town and Communes of Algeria, commune in the Bordj Menaïel District of Boumerdès Province, Algeria, east of the mouth of the Isser River and around Cape ...

in the north and Chabet el Ameur in the south.

Zawiya

* Zawiya Thaalibia

Notable people

Sidi Abder Rahman El Thaelebi Abdul-Rahman al-Tha'alibi ( ar, أبو زيد عـبـد الـرحـمـن بن مـخـلـوف الـثـعـالـبـي, Abū Zayd ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Makhlūf ath-Tha‘ālibī) (1384 CE/785 AH – 1479 CE/875 AH), was an Arab Schol ...

, Algerian Islamic scholar *

Messaoud Aït Abderrahmane Messaoud Aït Abderrahmane (born November 6, 1970) is a former Algerian football player who spent the majority of his career with JS Kabylie. He also played for MC Alger and MO Constantine before retiring. He played as a right-back and a centre- ...

, Algerian footballer *

Raïs Hamidou Hamidou ben Ali , known as Raïs Hamidou (), or Amidon in American literature, born around 1770 in Algiers, and died on June 17, 1815, near Cape Gata off the coast of southern Spain, was an Algerian corsair. He captured up to 200 ships during his ...

, Algerian privateer

References

Communes of Boumerdès Province {{Boumerdès-geo-stub