Ouled Boumerdès is a village in the
Boumerdès Province
Boumerdès (, Kabyle language, Kabyle: Tanebḍit n Bumerdas) is a provinces of Algeria, province (''wilaya'') of northern Algeria, located in the Kabylia region, between Algiers and Tizi-Ouzou, with its capital at the coastal city of Boumerdès ...
in
Kabylie
Kabylia or Kabylie (; in Kabyle language, Kabyle: Tamurt n leqbayel; in Tifinagh: ⵜⴰⵎⵓⵔⵜ ⵏ ⵍⴻⵇⴱⴰⵢⴻⵍ; ), meaning "Land of the Tribes" is a mountainous coastal region in northern Algeria and the homeland of the Kaby ...
,
Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...
.
Location
The village is surrounded by
Meraldene River
The Oued Meraldene or Oued Merabtene, also called Oued Bourdine, is a river of Algeria located in Kabylia within the framework of the Province of Boumerdès.
Presentation
The ''Meraldène'' stream is one of the main tributaries of the Boumerdè ...
and
Boumerdès River and the towns of
Thénia
Thénia (), sometimes written as Thenia, with around 40,000 inhabitants, is the chief town in the ''daïra'' of the same name, in the ''wilaya'' of Boumerdès, in northern Algeria. Historically, the name is a contraction of "Theniet Beni Aicha" (� ...
and
Tidjelabine
Tidjelabine is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province
Boumerdès (, Kabyle language, Kabyle: Tanebḍit n Bumerdas) is a provinces of Algeria, province (''wilaya'') of northern Algeria, located in the Kabylia region, between Algiers and Ti ...
in the ''Khachna'' mountain range.
Religion
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Zawiyet Sidi Boumerdassi
Zawiyet Sidi Boumerdassi () or Zawiyet Ouled Boumerdès is a Zawiya (institution), zawiya located within Boumerdès Province in Algeria.
Construction
The zawiya of Ouled Boumerdès was built in 1714 in the southern heights of the current town of ...
Notable people
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Cheikh Boumerdassi
Cheikh Mohamed El-Boumerdassi () was one of the principal leaders of the popular Mokrani Revolt uprising of 1871 against the French occupation of Algeria.
Early life
''Mohamed ben Hamou ben Abdelkrim El-Boumerdassi'' was a descendant of the ma ...
(1818-1874)
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Mohamed Boumerdassi (1936-2010)
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Nadia Boumerdassi (1986-)
References
Villages in Algeria
Populated places in Boumerdès Province
Kabylia
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