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Tizi-Ouzou
Tizi Ouzou or Thizi Wezzu (, Kabyle: Tizi Wezzu) is a city in north central Algeria, and capital of Tizi Ouzou Province and Tizi Ouzou District. It is among the largest cities in Algeria. It is the second most populous city in the Kabylia region after Béjaïa. History Foundation Tizi Ouzou was founded in 1856, after the successful expedition of France against Kabyle tribes. Etymology The name ''Tizi Ouzou'' is made up of two Kabyle words: ''Tizi'' meaning col, and ''Ouzou'' (from ''Azzu'') meaning Genisteae. The full name of the locality therefore means "the col of the Genisteae". Friction Islamists looted, and burned to the ground, a Pentecostal church on 9 January 2010. The pastor was quoted as saying that worshipers fled when local police left a gang of local rioters unchecked. Geography This city is located in the heart of Kabylie. It is in area. Tizi Ouzou is located in the valley of Assif N Sébaou. It is surrounded by mountains. The city is at an altitude of . It is ...
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JS Kabylie
Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (Kabyle grammar, Kabyle: Ilemẓiyen inaddalen n leqvayel; Berber languages, Tamazight: ⵉⵍⵎⵣⵢⵏ ⵉⵏⴰⴷⴰⵍⵏ ⵏ ⵍⵇⵠⴰⵢⵍ; ), known as JS Kabylie or simply JSK, is an Algerian professional Association football, football club based in Tizi Ouzou, Kabylia. The club is named after the cultural, natural and historical region (Kabylia) that is home to the Kabyle people, Kabyle Berbers, Berber people speaking Kabyle language, Kabyle (the ⵊ ⵙ ⴽ on the center of the club's logo represents J S K in the Tifinagh, Tifinagh alphabet and the Yaz (''ⵣ'') at the bottom of the club's logo is the most famous Amazigh (Berber) symbol considered to be the symbol of the Berber language and culture in North Africa, which gives a representation of the free person). The club was founded in 1946 and its colours are yellow and green. The club currently plays in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. JS Kabylie is the most successful Algeria ...
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Rajaouna
Rajaouna Mountain (or Baluwa Mountain) is a peak in the Djurdjura mountain range in the Tell Atlas in Algeria, located in the Tizi Ouzou, Tizi Ouzou District, Tizi Ouzou Province of the Kabylia region of Algeria. Description Rajaouna Mountain is a peak in Tizi-Ouzou Province, with an altitude of 650 m (2,133 ft), overlooking the south of the city of Tizi-Ouzou, and facing Mount Hasnawa and Mount Issa Mimoun within the Djurdjura Mountains. History Before the French occupation of Algeria, Rajaouna Mountain was home to a Turkish fortress built 261 meters (856 feet) above sea level. Before 1830, the Regency of Algiers built this castle from the Sultan's House in the Casbah of Algiers in order to monitor the Kingdom of Kuku. A significant part of the Kabylia region was not under the authority of the Dey in Algiers, with the Ait Abbas fortress as its command center. During the French army's invasion of Tizi Ouzou, a fierce battle was fought around this fortres ...
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Mouloud Mammeri University Of Tizi-Ouzou
The Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi Ouzou (; ) is a university in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria. It is named after Mouloud Mammeri. As of 2012 Naceur Eddine Haddachi is the rector of the university.Bienvenue du Recteur
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Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi Ouzou. Retrieved on 23 September 2012. The university has eight faculties and twenty-five departments.Historique

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Tizi Ouzou District
The Tizi Ouzou district is an Algerian administrative district in Tizi Ouzou Province and the region of Kabylia. Its chief town is located on the eponymous town of Tizi Ouzou.Administrative division of the Wilaya on the official website of the wilaya of Tizi-Ouzou


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Communes

The daira is composed of only one commune: . The total population of the district is 135 088 inhabitants
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Béjaïa
Béjaïa ( ; , , ), formerly known as Bougie and Bugia, is a Mediterranean seaport, port city and communes of Algeria, commune on the Gulf of Béjaïa in Algeria; it is the capital of Béjaïa Province. Geography Location Béjaïa owes its existence to its port, which also makes it prosperous. It is located in a sickle-shaped bay protected from the swell of offshore winds (northwest facing) by the advance of Cape Carbon (to the west of the city). The city is backed by :fr:Yemma Gouraya, Mount Gouraya located in a northwest position. This port site, in one of the most beautiful bays of the Maghreb and Mediterranean coast, is dominated in the background by the Babor Mountains, Babors mountain range. Another advantage is that the city is the outlet of the Soummam River, Soummam valley, a geographical corridor facing southwest. However, since the time when the city was a capital, there has been a divorce between the city and the region (Kabylia) linked to the difficulty of secur ...
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Faiza Lalam
Faiza Lalam () is a medical doctor from Algeria, who is credited as the first woman neurosurgeon in Africa, spearheading the work of women in the specialism on the continent. She was described in 2020 as the "'Dean' of women neurosurgeons in Africa and the Middle East" by the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies. Lalam began her training in 1977 and was certified as a neurosurgeon in 1982, working in the surgical department of the University Hospital in Tizi Ouzou. In 2011 she was appointed Professor and Head of the Department there. In 2014 she was one of the first neurosurgeons in Algeria to carry out endoscopic endonasal surgery Endoscopic endonasal surgery is a minimally invasive technique used mainly in neurosurgery and otolaryngology. A neurosurgeon or an otolaryngologist, using an endoscope that is entered through the nose, fixes or removes brain defects or tumors .... References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Tizi Ouzo ...
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Kabylia
Kabylia or Kabylie (; in Kabyle: Tamurt n leqbayel; in Tifinagh: ⵜⴰⵎⵓⵔⵜ ⵏ ⵍⴻⵇⴱⴰⵢⴻⵍ; ), meaning "Land of the Tribes" is a mountainous coastal region in northern Algeria and the homeland of the Kabyle people. It is part of the Tell Atlas mountain range and is located at the edge of the Mediterranean. Kabylia covers two provinces of Algeria: Tizi Ouzou and Béjaïa. Gouraya National Park and Djurdjura National Park are also located in Kabylia. Name During the French colonization of Algeria, the French invented the term 'Kabylia', a term never used by the Arab and Berber populations of Algeria prior to the French invasion. The word 'Kabyle' is a distortion of the Arabic word ''qaba'il'' (قبائل) which has two meanings, the first one is tribes that live among sedentary populations and the second is 'to accept', which Arabs after the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb used for local populations that accepted Islam. History Antiquity Kabylia was a ...
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Provinces Of Algeria
Algeria, as of 2024, is divided into 58 wilaya, wilayas (province, provinces). Prior to December 18, 2019, there were 48 provinces. The 58 provinces are divided into 1,541 baladiyahs (Municipalities of Algeria, municipalities). The name of a province is always that of its capital city. According to the Algerian constitution, a wilaya is a territorial collectivity enjoying economic and diplomatic freedom, the APW, or ''Popular Provincial Parliament/Provincial Popular Parliament'' (the ''Assemblée Populaire Wilayale'', in French) is the political entity governing a province, directed by the Wali (administrative title), ''Wali'' (Governor), who is chosen by the Algerian President to handle the APW's decisions, the APW has also a president, who is elected by the members of the APW, which Algerians elect. List By 1984 the number of Algerian provinces was fixed at 48 and established the list of municipalities or "communes" attached to each province. In 2019, 10 new provinces were ...
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Kabylie
Kabylia or Kabylie (; in Kabyle language, Kabyle: Tamurt n leqbayel; in Tifinagh: ⵜⴰⵎⵓⵔⵜ ⵏ ⵍⴻⵇⴱⴰⵢⴻⵍ; ), meaning "Land of the Tribes" is a mountainous coastal region in northern Algeria and the homeland of the Kabyle people. It is part of the Tell Atlas mountain range and is located at the edge of the Mediterranean. Kabylia covers two provinces of Algeria: Tizi Ouzou Province, Tizi Ouzou and Béjaïa Province, Béjaïa. Gouraya National Park and Djurdjura National Park are also located in Kabylia. Name During the French Algeria, French colonization of Algeria, the French invented the term 'Kabylia', a term never used by the Arabs, Arab and Berbers, Berber populations of Algeria prior to the French invasion. The word 'Kabyle' is a distortion of the Arabic word ''qaba'il'' (قبائل) which has two meanings, the first one is tribes that live among sedentary populations and the second is 'to accept', which Arabs after the Muslim conquest of the Mag ...
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City
A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agreed definition of the lower boundary for their size. In a narrower sense, a city can be defined as a permanent and Urban density, densely populated place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, Public utilities, utilities, land use, Manufacturing, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations, government organizations, and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving the efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, bu ...
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Communes Of Tizi Ouzou Province
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of Algeria ** Communes of Angola ** Communes of Belgium ** Communes of Benin ** Communes of Burundi ** Communes of Chile ** Communes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ** Communes of France ** Communes of Italy, called ''comune'' ** Communes of Luxembourg ** Communes of Moldova, called ''comună'' ** Communes of Niger ** Communes of Romania, called ''comună'' ** Communes of Switzerland ** Commune-level subdivisions (Vietnam) *** Commune (Vietnam) *** Commune-level town (Vietnam) ** People's commune, highest of three administrative levels in rural China, 1958 to 1983 Government and military/defense * Agricultural commune, intentional community based on agricultural labor * Commune (rebellion), a synonym for uprising or revolutionary g ...
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Youcef Dris
Youcef Dris (born 15 October 1945, in Tizi Ouzou) is an Algerian writer and journalist. He started as a journalist in 1970 writing publications for '' El Moujahid''. Afterwards, he became Editor in chief of the press group West Oran Tribune. He directed two cultural weeklies. The author recently published, in 2013, a new historical essay titled "''Le Combat des justes''" (The battle of the just), published by El Ibriz in Algiers. The essay is an homage to the French who participated in the war of Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ... in the ranks of the National Liberation Front. Works Essay * ''Les Massacres d'octobre 1961'' (2009) *''Le Combat des Justes (2013)'' Novels * ''Les Amants de Padovani'' (2004) * ''Affaires criminelles. Histoires Vraies'' ( 20 ...
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