Boghar

Boghar
بوغار
Commune and town
Nickname(s): Voncaria
Boghar
Coordinates: 35°54′41″N 2°43′0″E / 35.91139°N 2.71667°E / 35.91139; 2.71667
Departement Algeria
Province Médéa Province
District Ouled Antar
Area
 • Total 4,747 sq mi (122,95 km2)
Elevation 3,123 ft (952 m)
Population (1998)[1]
 • Total 5,972
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)

Boghar is a town and commune in Médéa Province, Algeria.

History

During the Roman Empire the town was the site of a Roman town called Voncaria.[2][3] At the 411 Carthage conference, between Catholic and Donatist bishops, the town was represented by the Donatist Felix, declaring that he did not have a Catholic competitor in his diocese.[4][5] Then at the Council of Carthage (484)|synod convened in Carthage in 484]] by the Arian ruler Huneric of the Vandal Kingdom, the bishop Donatus Voncariensis represented the town.[6]

The modern town was begun in July 1839 by Abd el-Kader. In October of the same year, the foundations of a fortification of a fort were seen, which was completed the following year. The town was burnt down in 1841 by General Baraguay-d'Hilliers, and then rebuilt by the French.

Politics

The current mayor is Hazedj Abdelkader.

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  2. ↑ Voncaria at www.gcatholic.org.
  3. ↑ J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris, 1912), p. 506.
  4. ↑ Patrologia Latina, vol XI, col. 1347.
  5. ↑ Auguste Audollent, v. Boncarensis in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. IX, (1937), coll. 816–817.
  6. ↑ Patrologia Latina, vol LVIII, coll. 174, 342 e 347.


Coordinates: 35°55′N 2°43′E / 35.917°N 2.717°E / 35.917; 2.717

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