Bordj Menaïel District
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