Souk El-Had is a town and

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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 ...

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. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 4,860.Statoids
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Villages

The villages of the commune of ''Souk El-Had'' are:

History

French conquest

Expedition of the Col des Beni Aïcha The Expedition of the Col des Beni Aïcha in May 1837, during the French conquest of Algeria, pitted the troupes coloniales under Colonel Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg against the troops of ''Beni Aïcha'' of the ''Igawawen''. Historical Contex ...

(1837) *

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 Perrégaux and Colonel Schauenburg against the troops of Kabylia of the '' Igawawen''. Background The ceasefire ...

(1837)

Algerian Revolution

Ferme Gauthier The Ferme Gautier is a torture center established during the Algerian war in the commune of Souk El Had in Kabylia within Algeria. Creation This farm was created from 1872 when the farmer Gautier obtained an agricultural concession in Souk El Ha ...

Salafist terrorism

2007 Souk El Had bombing The 2007 Souk El Had bombing occurred on February 13, 2007, when a car bomb filled with explosives detonated against the headquarters of the Gendarmerie Nationale in the town of Souk El Had, Boumerdès Province, Algeria, destroying buildings, k ...

(11 February 2007)

Rivers

This commune is crossed by several rivers: *

Isser River The Oued Isser is a river of Algeria. It begins in Médéa Province, is the main river, with Oued Sébaou of the Medea, which runs through the Lower Kabylie of Djurdjura (or the current province of Boumerdès) Wilaya of Bouira, then flows int ...

Football clubs

Notable people

* Mohamed Deriche, 20th-century leader of the Kabyle political resistance against the French. *

Lyès Deriche Lyes Derriche (, (born 1928 in Casbah of Algiers, Algiers, Algeria; died 2001 in El Madania, Algeria) was an Algerian politician. Algerian War Lyès Deriche, the son of Mouhamed Deriche, housed in his villa in the Algerian commune of Clos- ...

, 20th-century leader of the Algerian national political movement against the French.

References

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