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Zemmouri is a town and commune in the
Bordj Menaïel District Bordj Ménaïel is a district in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It was named after its capital, Bordj Menaïel. Being in the far northern part of the country, it and its province have a slightly arid climate. Municipalities The district is furthe ...
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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 ...
. As of 2008, the population of the municipality is 26,408.


Villages

The villages of the commune of ''Zemmouri'' are:


History

The coastal site of Zemmouri El-Bahri was a Phoenician and later Roman settlement named Rusubbicari. In the medieval period, it became a small port named Marsa al-Dajaj (literally "chicken port"). Archeological research there has uncovered medieval structures and pottery, as well as Roman coins. By the 19th century the main village, slightly further inland, was known as Zemmouri (usually spelled Zamouri or Zemouri at the time). In 1872 the French government established a colonial settlement there using land confiscated from the Isser el-Ouidan tribe and from private individuals in the wake of the Mokrani Revolt; in 1886 it was renamed Courbet, after Admiral Amédée Courbet. Following Algeria's independence in 1962, the name Zemmouri was restored.


French conquest

* Expedition of the Col des Beni Aïcha (1837) * First Battle of the Issers (1837)


Algerian Revolution


Salafist terrorism

* 2008 Zemmouri bombing (9 August 2008)


Geology

The disastrous 2003 Boumerdès earthquake led to the discovery of a thrust fault; it was subsequently named after the town. The fault has since been incorporated into seismic hazard maps, which will serve as an important guideline for public safety.


Nature

To the northwest of the town, the Sahel Forest and the coastal dunes on which it grows are dominated by
Aleppo pine ''Pinus halepensis'', commonly known as the Aleppo pine, also known as the Jerusalem pine, is a pine native to the Mediterranean region. It was officially named by the botanist Philip Miller in his 1768 book ''The Gardener's Dictionary''; he pro ...
and other Mediterranean maquis flora, and constitute a tourist attraction.Programme d’Aménagement Côtier (PAC) "Zone côtière algéroise"
p. 9


Notable people

* Abdelhafid Benchabla, boxer * Ali Rial, footballer


References

Communes of Boumerdès Province Phoenician colonies in Algeria {{Boumerdès-geo-stub