Meraldene or Merabtene is a village in the

Boumerdès Province Boumerdès ( ar, ولاية بومرداس, Kabyle: Tanebḍit n Bumerdas) is a province (''wilaya'') of northern Algeria, located in the Kabylia region, between Algiers and Tizi-Ouzou, with its capital at the coastal city of Boumerdès (former ...

Kabylie Kabylia ('' Kabyle: Tamurt n Leqbayel'' or ''Iqbayliyen'', meaning "Land of Kabyles", '','' meaning "Land of the Tribes") is a cultural, natural and historical region in northern Algeria and the homeland of the Kabyle people. It is part of the ...

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Location

The village is surrounded by

Meraldene River The Oued Meraldene or Oued Merabtene, also called Oued Bourdine, is a river of Algeria located in Kabylia within the framework of the Province of Boumerdès. Presentation The ''Meraldène'' stream is one of the main tributaries of the Boumer ...

, the Meraldene Dam and the town of

Thénia Thénia (), sometimes written as ''Thenia'', with around 40,000 inhabitants, is the chief town in the daïra of the same name, in the wilaya of Boumerdès, in northern Algeria. Historically, the name is a contraction of ''Theniet Beni Aicha'' ...

in the

Khachna The Khachna Range ( ar, جبال الخشنة, ''Jibal Khashna''; Berber ''Adrar n Kheshna'') is a mountain range of the Tell Atlas, part of the Atlas Mountain System. It is located in Kabylie, Algeria. Geography The ''Khachna'' is a massif ...

mountain range.

Zawiya

Zawiyet Sidi Boushaki Zawiyet Sidi Brahim Boushaki ( ar, زاوية سيدي إبراهيم البوسحاقي) or Zawiyet Thénia is a zawiya of the Rahmaniyya Sufi brotherhood located in Boumerdès Province within lower Kabylia of Algeria. Construction The ...

History

This village has experienced the facts of several historical events: * Battle of the Col des Beni Aïcha (1837) *

Battle of the Col des Beni Aïcha (1846) The Battle of the Col des Beni Aïcha (1846) or Battle of Thénia (1846), which broke out on 3 February 1846, was a battle of the French conquest of Algeria between the Algerian rebels, and the France, which was the colonial power in the region s ...

* Battle of the Col des Beni Aïcha (1871)

Structures

* Meraldene Dam

Water

Notable people

* Sidi Boushaki, Algerian theologian. * Cheikh Ali Boushaki, Algerian leader. * Cheikh Mohamed Boushaki, Algerian leader. *

Ali Boushaki ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam ...

, Algerian theologian. * Mohamed Seghir Boushaki, Algerian politician. *

Amine ibn El Boushaki Amine Iben El Boushaki ( ar, أمين ابن البوسحاقي; born 4 December 1982) is an Algerian judoka. Early life Boushaki was born in 1982 in the town of Thénia within the Col des Beni Aïcha region, in the east of the Khachna Massif ...

, Algerian judoka. * , Algerian academician. * Mustapha Ishak Boushaki, Algerian academician. * Shahnez Boushaki, Algerian basketball player. *

Firmus According to the ''Historia Augusta'', Firmus (died 273) was a usurper during the reign of Aurelian. The contradictory accounts of his life and the man himself are considered to be a complete fabrication, perhaps based on the later Firmus. Hi ...

, Berber leader. *

Gildo Gildo (died 398) was a Roman Berber general in the province of Mauretania Caesariensis. He revolted against Honorius and the Western Roman Empire ( Gildonic war), but was defeated and possibly committed suicide or was assassinated. Etymology T ...

, Berber leader. * Mascezel, Berber leader. * , Berber leader.

Gallery

File:Dam of Meraldene, Barrage de Merabtene, Thenia, Kabylie.jpg, Dam on

File:Col de Ténia.jpg, Meraldene Ravin.

References

Villages in Algeria Boumerdès Province Kabylie {{Boumerdès-geo-stub