Bordj Menaïel District
Appearance
Bordj Ménaïel District
دائرة برج منايل | |
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Country | Algeria |
Province | Boumerdès |
District seat | Bordj Ménaïl |
Population (1998) | |
• Total | 113,473 |
Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
Municipalities | 5 |
Bordj Ménaïel is a district in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It was named after its capital, Bordj Menaïel.
Municipalities
[edit]The district is further divided into 4 municipalities:
Villages
[edit]The villages of Bordj Menaïel District are:
History
[edit]French conquest
[edit]Algerian Revolution
[edit]Salafist terrorism
[edit]- 2008 Zemmouri bombing (9 August 2008)
- 2010 Bordj Menaïel bombing (21 September 2010)
Rivers
[edit]Notable people
[edit]- Farouk Belkaïd, footballer
- Abdelhafid Benchabla, boxer
- Bachir Boudjelid, footballer
- Faouzi Chaouchi, footballer
- Zinedine Ferhat, footballer
- Omar Fetmouche, artist
- Hocine Mezali, journalist and writer
- Ali Rial, footballer
- Mustapha Toumi, songwriter, lyricist, composer, poet and painter
- Fatma Zohra Zamoum, writer and film-maker
References
[edit]36°44′30″N 3°43′23″E / 36.74167°N 3.72306°E