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Bordj Menaïel (from the
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''imnayen'' "cavaliers") is a town in the
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in
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. It is located in the western
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region at and is 30 km away from the city of
Boumerdès Boumerdès (; ; formerly ''Rocher Noir'') is the capital city of Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea. It had a population of 15,000 in 1987 and 28,500 in 1998. Boumerdès is a seaside city located in the north o ...
. As of 2008, the population of the municipality is 64,820.


Presentation

Bordj Menaïel was founded by the Ottoman government of Algeria, most likely in the 16th century, to guard a route between
Algiers Algiers is the capital city of Algeria as well as the capital of the Algiers Province; it extends over many Communes of Algeria, communes without having its own separate governing body. With 2,988,145 residents in 2008Census 14 April 2008: Offi ...
and Constantine and to secure control of the Isser plain. In the 18th century, its military role was superseded by the foundation of Bordj Sebaou further west, but it remained the residence of the Ottoman wakil administering the surrounding farmland. The French conquest reached the fort of Bordj Menaïel in 1844, when General Bugeaud took it. Afterwards, it initially became the residence of the aghas of the Iflissen Umellil. In 1859, a French colony was created there by imperial decree, using 1718 hectares. It was enlarged through land expropriation in 1872 by Admiral de Gueydon, in the wake of the
Mokrani Revolt The Mokrani Revolt (; ) was the most important local uprising against France in Algeria since the French conquest of Algeria, conquest in 1830. The revolt broke out on March 16, 1871, with the uprising of more than 250 tribes, around a third of ...
.


History


French conquest

* Expedition of the Col des Beni Aïcha (1837) * First Battle of the Issers (1837)


Algerian Revolution


Salafist terrorism

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


Transport

The road RN 12 runs through Bordj Menaïel, linking it with Isser to the west and Naciria to the east.


Sports

Algeria goalkeeper Faouzi Chaouchi was born in Bordj Menaiel. The local football team is JS Bordj Ménaïel.


Notable people

* Farouk Belkaïd, footballer * Bachir Boudjelid, footballer * Faouzi Chaouchi, footballer * Zinedine Ferhat, footballer * Omar Fetmouche, artist * Hocine Mezali, journalist and writer * Mustapha Toumi, songwriter, lyricist, composer, poet and painter * Fatma Zohra Zamoum, writer and film-maker


References

* Charles-Claude Bernard, 1877. ''Notice topographique et médicale sur le plaine d'Isser''. Blida: A. Mauguin. * Kouider Djouab, 2017.
Bordj-Menaïel, une ville, une histoire : La Ville des coquelicots
'. Saint Denis: Edilivre.


Notes

Communes of Boumerdès Province {{Boumerdès-geo-stub