Boumerdès Province
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Boumerdès is a province (wilaya) of northern Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

, between Algiers
Algiers
' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...

 and Tizi-Ouzou, with its capital at the coastal city of Boumerdès
Boumerdès
Boumerdès is the capital city of Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea. It had a population of 28,500 in 1998 and 15,000 in 1987....

 (formerly Rocher-Noir) just east of Algiers.

Administrative divisions

It is made up of 9 districts
Districts of Algeria
The provinces of Algeria are divided into 553 districts . The capital of a district is called a district seat...

 and 32 communes
Communes of Algeria
This is a list of all communes in the North African country of Algeria. Currently, there are 1,541 communes in the country. The population data is from June 25, 1998.-See also:* List of cities in Algeria* List of postal codes of Algerian cities...

 or municipalities.

Districts

  1. Baghlia
    Baghlia District
    Baghlia is a district in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It was named after its capital, Baghlia.-Municipalities:The district is further divided into 3 municipalities:*Baghlia*Sidi Daoud*Taourga...

  2. Bordj Ménaïl
    Bordj Ménaïl District
    Bordj Ménaïl is a district in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It was named after its capital, Bordj Ménaïl.-Municipalities:The district is further divided into 5 municipalities:*Bordj Ménaïl*Djinet*Leghata*Zemmouri*Ouled Aïssa...

  3. Boudouaou
    Boudouaou District
    Boudouaou is a district in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It was named after its capital, Boudouaou.-Municipalities:The district is further divided into 3 municipalities:*Boudouaou*El Khareouba*Keddara...

  4. Boumerdès
    Boumerdès District
    Boumerdès is a district in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It was named after its capital, Boumerdès, which is also the capital of the province.-Municipalities:The district is further divided into 3 municipalities:*Boumerdès*Tidjelabine*Corso...

  5. Dellys
    Dellys District
    Dellys is a district in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It was named after its capital, Dellys.-Municipalities:The district is further divided into 3 municipalities:*Dellys*Benchoud*Afir...

  6. Isser
    Isser District
    Isser is a district in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It was named after its capital, Isser.-Municipalities:The district is further divided into 3 municipalities:*Isser*Si Mustapha*Chabet El Ameur...

  7. Khemis El Khechna
    Khemis El Khechna District
    Khemis El Khechna is a district in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It is the most populous district in the province. It was named after its capital, Khemis El Khechna, which is also the most populous municipality in the province.-Municipalities:...

  8. Naciria
    Naciria District
    Naciria is a district in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It was named after its capital, Naciria.-Municipalities:The district is further divided into 2 municipalities:*Naciria*Timezrit...

  9. Thénia
    Thénia District
    Thénia is a district in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It was named after its capital, Thénia which, under French rule, was called Ménerville.-Municipalities:The district is further divided into 4 municipalities:*Thénia*Souk El Had*Beni Amrane*Ammal...



Communes

  1. Aafir
    Aafir
    Aafir or Afir is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 12,613.-References:...

  2. Ammal
    Ammal
    Ammal is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 8,567....

  3. Baghlia
    Baghlia
    Baghlia is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 15,854.-References:...

  4. Ben Choud
    Ben Choud
    Ben Choud is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 8,853.-References:...

  5. Beni Amrane
    Beni Amrane
    Beni Amrane is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 21,452.-References:...

  6. Bordj Menaiel
    Bordj Menaïel
    Bordj Menaïel 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 of 1998, its population is 35,600Algeria goalkeeper Faouzi Chaouchi was born in Bordj Menaiel....

     (Bordj Ménaïl)
  7. Boudouaou
    Boudouaou
    Boudouaou, during French colonialism known as L'Alma is a town in the western part of Boumerdès, Algeria. It is a coastal town on the Mediterranean Sea and is located at an altitude of 3 feet...

  8. Boudouaou-El-Bahri
    Boudouaou-El-Bahri
    Boudouaou-El-Bahri is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 10,512....

  9. Boumerdès
    Boumerdès
    Boumerdès is the capital city of Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea. It had a population of 28,500 in 1998 and 15,000 in 1987....

  10. Bouzegza Keddara
    Bouzegza Keddara
    Bouzegza Keddara is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 8,484....

  11. Chabet el Ameur
    Chabet el Ameur
    Chabet el Ameur is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 30,223.-References:...

  12. Corso
    Corso, Boumerdés
    Corso, Boumerdés is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 13,118....

  13. Dellys
    Dellys
    Dellys is a small coastal town in northern Algeria, almost due north of Tizi-Ouzou and just east of the river Sebaou. It is notable for an Ottoman-era casbah, two colonial-era lighthouses , and some beaches; the principal activities of the area are fishing and farming. In Roman times, it was...

  14. Djinet
    Djinet
    Djinet is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 20,022.-References:...

  15. El Kharrouba
    El Kharrouba
    El Kharrouba is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 8,143.-References:...

  16. Hammedi
    Hammedi
    Hammedi is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 27,972....

  17. Issers
    Issers
    Issers is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 27,990....

  18. Keddara
    Keddara
    Keddara is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria.-References:...

  19. Khemis El-Khechna
    Khemis El-Khechna
    Khemis El-Khechna is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 58,573....

  20. Larbatache
    Larbatache
    Larbatache is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 15,791....

  21. Legata
    Legata
    Legata is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 11,884....

  22. Naciria
    Naciria
    For the Sufi order of Tamegroute, Morocco see Nasiriyya.Naciria is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 21,272.-References:...

  23. Ouled Aissa
    Ouled Aissa, Boumerdès
    Ouled Aissa, Boumerdès is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 6,773....

  24. Ouled Hedadj
    Ouled Hedadj
    Ouled Hedadj is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 22,382.-References:...

  25. Ouled Moussa
    Ouled Moussa
    Ouled Moussa is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 26,108....

  26. Si-Mustapha
    Si-Mustapha
    Si-Mustapha is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 9,015....

  27. Sidi Daoud
  28. Souk El-Had
    Souk El-Had
    Souk El-Had is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 4,860....

  29. Taourga
    Taourga
    Taourga is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 7,303....

  30. Thenia
    Thénia
    Thénia , with around 40,000 inhabitants, is the chief town in the daïra of the same name, in the wilaya of Boumerdès, in Kabylie in northern Algeria...

  31. Tidjelabine
    Tidjelabine
    Tidjelabine is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 13,888.-References:...

  32. Timezrit
    Timezrit, Boumerdès
    Timezrit, Boumerdès is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 10,699....

  33. Zemmouri
    Zemmouri
    Zemmouri is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 21,012.-References:...



Geography

The province is largely mountainous, with a long coastline and a number of rivers, notably the Isser
Isser
Isser may refer to:*Franz Isser , Austrian bobsledder*Fritz Isser, Austrian bobsledder*Heinrich Isser , Austrian bobsledder*Josef Isser, Austrian luger*Maria Isser, Austrian luger*Paul Isser, Austrian luger...

 and Sebaou. Its western edges have in effect become suburbs of Algiers as the capital has expanded.

History

The three towns of Zemmouri El Bahri (Rusubbicari), Djinet (Cissi), and Dellys
Dellys
Dellys is a small coastal town in northern Algeria, almost due north of Tizi-Ouzou and just east of the river Sebaou. It is notable for an Ottoman-era casbah, two colonial-era lighthouses , and some beaches; the principal activities of the area are fishing and farming. In Roman times, it was...

 (Rusucurium), all of Phoenicia
Phoenicia
Phoenicia , was an ancient civilization in Canaan which covered most of the western, coastal part of the Fertile Crescent. Several major Phoenician cities were built on the coastline of the Mediterranean. It was an enterprising maritime trading culture that spread across the Mediterranean from 1550...

n foundation, were the province's principal ancient sites, although smaller Roman
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....

 towns existed inland, as at Taourga
Taourga
Taourga is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 7,303....

; at none do any significant classical ruins remain. Zemmouri El Bahri (under the name of Marsa-d-Dajaj) and Dellys both attained some significance in the Islamic period, beginning with Hammadid
Hammadid
The Hammadids were a Berber dynasty who ruled an area roughly corresponding to north-eastern modern Algeria for about a century and a half , until they were destroyed by the Almohads...

 times; the largely Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

-era casbah
Casbah
The Casbah ) is specifically the citadel of Algiers in Algeria and the traditional quarter clustered around it. More generally, a kasbah is the walled citadel of many North African cities and towns...

 of Dellys remains an attraction. Boumerdes itself, called Rocher-Noir in the colonial period, was expanded substantially following the establishment of the new wilaya in 1983. The province was very hard hit by the Algerian earthquake of 2003, whose epicentre was near Zemmouri
Zemmouri
Zemmouri is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 21,012.-References:...

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