Azeffoun, the classical Rusazus and

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Tizi Ouzou Province Tizi Ouzou ( Kabyle: Tawilayt n Tizi Wezzu, ar, ولاية تيزي وزو) is a province (''wilayah'') of Algeria in the Kabylia region. Its capital is Tizi Ouzou. History In 1984, Boumerdès Province was carved out of its territory. Admini ...

in northern

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, located on Cape Corbelin north-east of Tizi Ouzou. The economy of the town of Azeffoun is based on tourism, fishing, and agriculture.

Geography

The area of the municipality of Azeffoun is . Mount Tamgout, the cliffs to its south, rise about . It had a population of 16,096 inhabitants in 1998 and 17,435 inhabitants in 2008. Azeffoun is bounded by the

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on the north, the town of

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on the east, and the common

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, Aghrib in the south and Iflissen in the west. The town is located north-east of

Tizi Ouzou Tizi Ouzou or Thizi Wezzu (, Kabyle: Tizi Wezzu) is a city in north central Algeria. It is among the largest cities in Algeria. It is the second most populous city in the Kabylie region after Bejaia. History Etymology The name ''Tizi Ouzou' ...

and western of Bejaia.

Villages in the commune of Azeffoun

History

The

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and

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established a fortress south of Cape Corbelin as part of their chain of

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between the

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and their homelands. They named the cape and its settlement ( phn, 𐤓𐤔𐤆, "

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of the

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"). The town fell under

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hegemony after the Punic Wars. Under

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, the town was notionally refounded as a

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, receiving the name Rusazus Colonia Augusti to honor its imperial benefactor. The Roman-era bishopric continues as a

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.''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ), p. 960 Under

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, Port Gueydonnamed after a French admiral and colonial administratorwas built on a nearby hillside in the last third of the 19th century.

Personalities linked to the commune

References

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Bibliography

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