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 ...
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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 ...
. 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 ...
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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
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