Bousfer (formerly known as Ain-boucefar) is a municipality in
Oran province under
Ain el-Turck district.
History
The village was established in 1850 and built in full function joint in 1863, located in the opposite of the naval base of
Mers el-Kebir
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.
The hamlet of Andalusians (so named by mistake) was diverted from the town in 1893 after the creation of the municipality of
El Ancor
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Religion
* El (deity), a Semitic word for "God"
People
* EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer
* El DeBarge, music artist
* El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American po ...
– its name is actually Al-Andalous because on the shores of the Gulf between Cape Falcon north-east and the Cape Lindl the northwest, the first
Moors
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Moors are not a distinct o ...
expelled from
Andalusia
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landed there.
At the time of
independence
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, the 2nd Republic sought to protect the naval base. It is grouped September 13, 1962 in a camp that takes the name "Camp Segrétain". The implementation is provided free of any construction on the location of vines at the bottom of a basin bounded on the north by dunes that separates the sea nearby. The Legionnaires start to work and build first tent camp, then the need to construct buildings in hard group, is soon to feel the first rains.
Notable people
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General
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Edmond Jouhaud
Edmond Jouhaud (; 2 April 1905 – 4 September 1995) was one of four French generals who briefly staged a putsch in Algeria in April 1961.
Early life
Edmond Jouhaud was born on 2 April 1905 in French Algeria. He was a descendant of early Algeria ...
was born there in 1905. He had a distinguished career in the
Air Force
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before participating in the
Algiers putsch
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in April 1961 which earned him a death sentence. - 1967: he left prison in December of Tulle, and benefits from the amnesty in July 1968.
Pictures of the village
Image:Bousfer Mairie.jpg, The Town Hall
Image:2leglisetransformee.jpg, The old church (now a cultural center)
External links
Bous-fer.frA comprehensive website dedicated to Bousfer and its history.
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Communes of Oran Province