Timezrit, Boumerdès (Arabic نيمزريت, Kabyle ''Timeẓrit'') is a town and
commune in the
Isser District
Issers is a district in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It was named after its capital, Isser.
Municipalities
The district is further divided into 4 municipalities:
* Isser
* Si Mustapha
* Chabet El Ameur
* Timezrit
History
French conquest
* ...
of
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 ...
,
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 ...
, on the western slopes of
Sidi Ali Bounab Sidi Ali Bounab is a mountain in Algeria, about 800 m in height, shared between the wilayas of Tizi Ouzou and Boumerdes. It overlooks the plain of Tadmaït. Its forests are composed mainly of cork oak.
During the French conquest of Algeria
...
. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 10,699.
History
In the early 19th century the hill of Timezrit was the location of a mosque with a minaret and a market held on Sundays, Had-Timezrit. This was the central market of the
Iflisen Umellil, shared between the Oulad Yahia Moussa, the Rouafa, and the Beni-Hammad. Nearby was the village of Ihaddaden.
[Carette, 1848, ''Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842. Sciences historiques et géographiques, Volume 5'']
p. 219
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Notable people
References
Communes of Boumerdès Province
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