Si-Mustapha 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 ...
in the
Isser District of
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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Algeria
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. 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 the
colonial period, after the former French president
Félix Faure
Félix François Faure (; 30 January 1841 – 16 February 1899) was the President of France from 1895 until his death in 1899. A native of Paris, he worked as a tanner in his younger years. Faure became a member of the Chamber of Deputies for ...
. After independence in 1962, it was given the new name of Si Mustapha, after the ''nom de guerre'' of the
ALN fighter Mohamed Saoudi, who died nearby in combat on 25 November 1958.
A 4th century octagonal mausoleum formerly found there was demolished in 1905.
[J.-P. Laporte]
Le mausolée tardif de Blad Guitoun (Wilaya de Bou Merdès)
''Ikosim'' 2, 2013, pp. 91-108.
History
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First Battle of the Issers (1837)
Notable people
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Mohamed Aïchaoui
Mohamed Aïchaoui (29 January 1921 - 1959) was an Algerian journalist and militant in the nationalist movement against French Algeria. Aïchaoui wrote the ''Declaration of 1 November 1954'', the National Liberation Front's first appeal to the A ...
(1921-1959), an Algerian journalist and resistant against French colonization.
Notes
References
* Rabah Boumriche, ''La guerre de Libération dans la région de Si Mustapha, Legata, Koudiat El Araïs, Zemmouri, Zaatra (1954-1962)'', édition à compte d’auteur, Alger 2015, 746 pages.
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Communes of Boumerdès Province
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