Souk El-Had is a town and commune in

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

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 ...

. 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, or the Expedition of Thénia, or simply Beni Aïcha Expedition, was a expedition in May 1837, during the French conquest of Algeria. This event pitted the troupes coloniales under Colonel Maximilien Jos ...

(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 Alexandre Charles Perrégaux, Perrégaux and Colonel Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg, Schauenburg against the troops of K ...

(1837)

Algerian Revolution

* Ferme Gauthier

Salafist terrorism

* 2007 Souk El Had bombing (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 i ...

Football clubs

Notable people

Mohamed Deriche Mohamed Deriche (, ), (born 1865 in Souk El-Had, Boumerdès Province, Kabylie, Algeria; died 1948 in Boudouaou, Algeria) was an Algerian Berbers, Berber politician after the French conquest of Algeria. Presentation Mohamed Deriche was born in ...

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

Lyès Deriche Lyes Derriche (, (1928 – 2001) was an Algerian politician. Algerian War Lyès Deriche, the son of Mouhamed Deriche, housed in his villa in the Algerian commune of El Madania, Clos-Salembier the meeting of the Group of 22 baptized Revoluti ...

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

References

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