Ramdane Djamel is a town and commune in

Skikda Province Skikda () is a provinces of Algeria, province (''wilaya'') of Algeria, on its eastern Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coastline, with 1.095.666 inhabitants in 2019, With a natural annual growth rate estimated at 1.22%. Geography The Skikda Pr ...

in north-eastern

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. The town is home to

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club WA Ramdane Djamel, which currently plays in the

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. Ramdane Djamel is an important railway junction where the mainline

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connects to the

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as well as to the .

Geography

Localisation

The commune of Ramdane Djamel is located in the center of the

, 17 km south of

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crossed by the RN3.

Relief, geology, hydrography

The commune is located in the heart of the valley of the Safsaf wadi which crosses it from south to north. Two tributaries meet there, Oued Hadarataz and Oued Zerga. It is bordered to the east by the Kef Serrak massif

Transportation

It is crossed by the RN3, RN44AA and 44AC. It is a railway junction, since it is served by a station that links the lines of Algiers to Skikda and Ramdane Djamel to Annaba. Finally a third line from Ramdane Djamel to

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starts there 4 km further south.

Villages, hamlets and localities

The capital agglomeration is the city of Ramdane Djamel. There is a secondary settlement, ''Staiha''. Hamlets: El-Dis, El Magen

History

The region is located on the Roman road from

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to Rusicade, 4 km from the location of the current village, at the level of the hamlet of El-Dis. Many Roman remains have been found there. In the 15th century, a village called Oued Zerga was erected by the Beni Mehenna. In 1838 after the conquest of Constantine, several

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generals went there to go down to

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and built forts there. The resistance is led by Si Zerdoud who will be killed on March 3, 1842. From 1845, some colonial houses are installed in the place of the village Oued Zerga which will be renamed Saint Charles on April 6, 1847. In 1861 the village is erected as a commune full exercise. In 1963, the commune of

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was merged with that of Saint Charles, which took the name of Ramdane Djamel in 1965.

was again detached from the commune in 1984.

References

Communes of Skikda Province Cities in Algeria {{Skikda-geo-stub