Bordj Menaïel
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Presentation
Bordj Menaïel was founded by the Ottoman government of Algeria, most likely in the 16th century, to guard a route between Algiers and Constantine and to secure control of the Isser plain.[2] In the 18th century, its military role was superseded by the foundation of Bordj Sebaou further west, but it remained the residence of the Ottoman wakil administering the surrounding farmland.[3]
The French conquest reached the fort of Bordj Menaïel in 1844, when General Bugeaud took it. Afterwards, it initially became the residence of the aghas of the Iflissen Umellil.[4] In 1859, a French colony was created there by imperial decree, using 1718 hectares. It was enlarged through land expropriation in 1872 by Admiral de Gueydon, in the wake of the Mokrani Revolt.[5]
History
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French conquest
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Algerian Revolution
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Salafist terrorism
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- 2008 Zemmouri bombing (9 August 2008)
- 2010 Bordj Menaïel bombing (21 September 2010)
Transport
The road RN 12 runs through Bordj Menaïel, linking it with Isser to the west and Naciria to the east.[6]
Sports
Algeria goalkeeper Faouzi Chaouchi was born in Bordj Menaiel. The local football team is JS Bordj Ménaïel.
Notable people
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- Farouk Belkaïd, footballer
- Bachir Boudjelid, footballer
- Faouzi Chaouchi, footballer
- Zinedine Ferhat, footballer
- Omar Fetmouche, artist
- Hocine Mezali, journalist and writer
- Mustapha Toumi, songwriter, lyricist, composer, poet and painter
- Fatma Zohra Zamoum, writer and film-maker
References
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- Charles-Claude Bernard, 1877. Notice topographique et médicale sur le plaine d'Isser. Blida: A. Mauguin.
- Kouider Djouab, 2017. Bordj-Menaïel, une ville, une histoire : La Ville des coquelicots. Saint Denis: Edilivre.
Notes
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- ↑ N. Robin, 1873, "Note sur l'organisation militaire et administrative des Turcs dans la Grande Kabylie", Revue Africaine, p. 134, (in French).
- ↑ N. Robin, 1873, "Note sur l'organisation militaire et administrative des Turcs dans la Grande Kabylie", Revue Africaine, p. 207, (in French).
- ↑ Robin 1873:207.
- ↑ Charles-Claude Bernard, 1877, Notice topographique et médicale sur le plaine d'Isser, pp. 36-39
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