Boumerdès Province

Boumerdès Province
Boumerdès Province; ولاية بومرداس; ⴱⵓⵎⴻⵔⴷⴰⵙ; Wilaya de Boumerdès
	Province
	Map of Algeria highlighting Boumerdès
	Coordinates: 36°46′N 03°29′E
Country	Algeria
Capital	Boumerdès
Government
• Wāli	Nouria Yamina Zerhouni
Area
• Total	1,591 km2 (614 sq mi)
Population (2008)[1]
• Total	795,019
• Density	500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
Area Code	+213 (0) 24
ISO 3166 code	DZ-35
Districts	9
Municipalities	32

Boumerdès (Arabic: ولاية بومرداس‎, Berber languages: ⴱⵓⵎⴻⵔⴷⴰⵙ, French: Wilaya de Boumerdès) is a province (wilaya) of northern Algeria in the Kabylie region, between Algiers and Tizi-Ouzou, with its capital at the coastal city of Boumerdès (formerly Rocher-Noir) just east of Algiers.

Administrative divisions

It is made up of 9 districts and 32 communes or municipalities.

Districts

Communes

Geography

The province is largely mountainous, with a long coastline and a number of rivers, notably the Isser 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 (Rusucurium), all of Phoenician foundation, were the province's principal ancient sites, although smaller Roman towns existed inland, as at Taourga; 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 times; the largely Ottoman-era casbah of Dellys remains an attraction. Boumerdès 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 2003 Boumerdès earthquake, whose epicentre was near Zemmouri.

Notable people

Mohamed Deriche (1865–1948), Algerian politician.
Mohamed Seghir Boushaki (1869–1959), Algerian politician.
Toufik Boushaki (born 1975), Algerian engineer.
Yahia Boushaki (born 1935), Algerian politician.
Lyès Deriche, 20th-century leader of the Algerian national political movement against the French.

References

Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on 2008-07-02.

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[Alg2008RGPH-1] Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on 2008-07-02.