Bordj Ménaïl 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 further divided into 4 municipalities:
Villages
The villages of Bordj Menaïel District are:
History
French conquest
Algerian Revolution
Salafist terrorism
- 2008 Zemmouri bombing (9 August 2008)
- 2010 Bordj Menaïel bombing (21 September 2010)
Rivers
Notable people
- Farouk Belkaïd, footballer
- Abdelhafid Benchabla, boxer
- Bachir Boudjelid, footballer
- Faouzi Chaouchi, footballer
- Zinedine Ferhat, footballer
- Omar Fetmouche, artist
- Hocine Mezali, journalist and writer
- Ali Rial, footballer
- Mustapha Toumi, songwriter, lyricist, composer, poet and painter
- Fatma Zohra Zamoum, writer and film-maker
References
- ^ "Algeria's persistent restrictions on journalists must stop, WJWC demands". Women Journalists Without Chains. 2022-12-25. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
The Algerian authorities' insistence on crackdown on media professionals must stop... Journalist Ihsane El Kadi was taken by security forces from his home in the Bordj Menaïel District of Boumerdès Province...
- ^ Amrani, Said; Nacer, Asma; Noureddine, Nazhat-Ezzamane; Seaward, Mark R. D. (April 2015). "Lichenological exploration of Algeria: historical overview and annotated bibliography, 1799–2013". Willdenowia. 45 (1): 15–34. doi:10.3372/wi.45.45102. ISSN 0511-9618.
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