Isser District
Appearance
Issers District
دائرة يسر | |
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Country | Algeria |
Province | Boumerdès |
District seat | Isser |
Population (1998) | |
• Total | 67,228 |
Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
Municipalities | 3 |
Issers is a district in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It was named after its capital, Isser.
Municipalities
[edit]The district is further divided into 4 municipalities:
History
[edit]French conquest
[edit]- First Battle of the Issers (1837)
Algerian Revolution
[edit]Salafist terrorism
[edit]- 2008 Issers bombing (19 August 2008)
Zawiya
[edit]Notable people
[edit]- Sidi Abder Rahman El Thaelebi, Algerian Islamic scholar
- Mohamed Aïchaoui, Algerian journalist and resistant against French colonization.
- Raïs Hamidou, Algerian privateer.
- Ali Laskri, Algerian politician.