Bouzeguene (alternatively Wizgane) is a Kabyle town in

Tizi Ouzou Province Tizi Ouzou ( Kabyle: Tawilayt n Tizi Wezzu, ) is a province (''wilayah'') of Algeria in the Kabylia region. Its capital is Tizi Ouzou, with a popoluation of 1.198.561 inhabitants in 2019, with a density of 405/square kilometers. History In 1 ...

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, approximately 170 km from

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. The village of Bouzeguene is located in the center of the commune of Bouzeguene and surrounded by around twenty other villages. The commune is at 60 km east of

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 ...

and borders the

Béjaïa Province The Béjaïa Province (Kabyle language, Kabyle: ''Tawilayt n Bgayet''; , Latn, ar, Wilāyat Bijāyah; or ) is a provinces of Algeria, province of Algeria in the Kabylie region. With a population of 984,050 inhabitants in 2019, with a density o ...

with the mountains of

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with the Col de Chellata, and the

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. All the goods come from

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and

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. Bouzeguene is known for its high number of

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s in different parts of the world. This is especially true of

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, as a majority of locals left to seek for a job under the French occupation. Bouzeguene was also the cradle of the resistance against the French occupation and the birthplace of Colonel

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who fought the French Army from the 1950s until the

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in 1962.

Demographics

The population of Bouzeguene is formed of twenty one families who cohabit in the same order of respects and ran by a committee of imgharen tadarth who have meetings especially on Fridays to take care of the village's plans and issues.

External links

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site de bouzeguene village

Bouzeguene News
Communes of Tizi Ouzou Province {{TiziOuzou-geo-stub