Bordj Menaïel Explained

Official Name:Bordj Menaïel
Native Name:Arabic: برج منايل
Nickname:Burǧ Imnayen
Settlement Type:City and Common
Motto:"From the people, for the people"
Mapsize:180px
Pushpin Map:Algeria
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Bordj Menaïel in the Algeria
Coordinates:36.7417°N 3.7231°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Algeria
Subdivision Name1:Boumerdès Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Bordj Menaïel District
Government Type:Municipality
Leader Title:Mayor
Established Title:APC
Established Date:2012-2017
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2008
Population Total:64820[1]
Utc Offset:+1
Iso Code:CP
Postal Code Type:Postal code

Bordj Menaïel (from the Arabic برج - bordj, "tower" and Berber imnayen "cavaliers") is a town in the Boumerdès Province in Algeria. It is located in the western Kabylie region at and is 30 km away from the city of Boumerdès. As of 2008, the population of the municipality is 64,820.[2]

Presentation

Bordj Menaïel was founded by the Ottoman government of Algeria, most likely in the 16th century, to guard a route between Algiers and Constantine and to secure control of the Isser plain.[3] In the 18th century, its military role was superseded by the foundation of Bordj Sebaou further west, but it remained the residence of the Ottoman wakil administering the surrounding farmland.[4]

The French conquest reached the fort of Bordj Menaïel in 1844, when General Bugeaud took it. Afterwards, it initially became the residence of the aghas of the Iflissen Umellil.[5] In 1859, a French colony was created there by imperial decree, using 1718 hectares. It was enlarged through land expropriation in 1872 by Admiral de Gueydon, in the wake of the Mokrani Revolt.[6]

History

See main article: History of Algeria.

French conquest

See main article: French conquest of Algeria.

Salafist terrorism

See main article: Salafist terrorism in Algeria.

See also: Terrorist bombings in Algeria.

Transport

The road RN 12 runs through Bordj Menaïel, linking it with Isser to the west and Naciria to the east.[7]

Sports

Algeria goalkeeper Faouzi Chaouchi was born in Bordj Menaiel. The local football team is JS Bordj Ménaïel.

Notable people

See main article: List of people from Boumerdès Province.

References

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ons.dz/collections/w35_p2.pdf ONS Statistic (Boumerdès province)
  2. Web site: Recensement Génaral de la Population et de l'Habitat. fr. Wilaya Boumerdes. 19 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140419090151/http://www.wilaya-boumerdes.dz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=114. dead.
  3. N. Robin, 1873, "Note sur l'organisation militaire et administrative des Turcs dans la Grande Kabylie", Revue Africaine, p. 134, (in French).
  4. N. Robin, 1873, "Note sur l'organisation militaire et administrative des Turcs dans la Grande Kabylie", Revue Africaine, p. 207, (in French).
  5. Robin 1873:207.
  6. Charles-Claude Bernard, 1877, Notice topographique et médicale sur le plaine d'Isser, pp. 36-39
  7. Web site: Atlas Routier de l'Algérie : Wilaya de Boumerdès. 8 December 2022. 15 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190315161402/http://www.mtp.gov.dz/fr/permalink/3276.html. dead.