Dellys is a

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Boumerdès Boumerdès (; ; formerly ''Rocher Noir'') is the capital city of Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea. It had a population of 15,000 in 1987 and 28,500 in 1998. Boumerdès is a seaside city located in the north o ...

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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 ...

. It was named after its capital,

Dellys Dellys (, Berber: Delles) is a small Mediterranean town in northern Algeria's coastal Boumerdès Province, almost due north of Tizi-Ouzou and just east of the Sebaou River. It is the district seat of the daïra of Dellys. The town is 45 ...

Municipalities

The district is further divided into 3

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: *

* Ben Choud * Aafir

History

French conquest

* Shipwreck of Dellys (15 May 1830), commanded by Captain

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(1796-1855) and Captain Félix-Ariel d'Assigny (1794-1846). *

First Battle of the Issers The First Battle of the Issers in May 1837, during the French conquest of Algeria, pitted the troupes coloniales under General Alexandre Charles Perrégaux, Perrégaux and Colonel Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg, Schauenburg against the troops of K ...

(27 May 1837), commanded by General Alexandre Charles Perrégaux (1791-1837) and Colonel Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg (1784-1838). * First Assault of Dellys (28 May 1837), commanded by Captain Félix-Ariel d'Assigny (1794-1846). * Second Assault of Dellys (12 May 1844), commanded by General

Thomas Robert Bugeaud Thomas Robert Bugeaud, marquis de la Piconnerie, duc d'Isly (15 October 178410 June 1849) was a Marshal of France and Colonial heads of Algeria, Governor-General of Algeria during the French colonization. Born an aristocrat, he has a complex le ...

(1784–1849).

Algerian Revolution

This commune saw the creation of several clandestine torture centers during the Algerian revolution: *

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in the commune of

Salafist terrorism

* 2007 Dellys bombing (8 September 2007)

Notable people

* Abderrahmane Abdelli, musician * Habib Ayyoub, writer * Abderrahmane Benhamida, former Minister of Education *

Abderrahmane Hammad Abderrahmane Hammad Zaheer (, born May 27, 1977) is the Algerian Minister of Youth and Sports and a former track and field athlete who competed in the high jump. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics in 2000, taking the bronze medal a ...

, athlete * Mokhtar Hasbellaoui, doctor * Abderrahman Ibrir, footballer * Rachid Nadji, footballer *

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al-Tadallisi al-Thaalibi, imam * Mu'izz ud-Dawla ibn Sumadih, ruler * , Algerian footballer.

References

Districts of Boumerdès Province * {{Boumerdès-geo-stub