Azouza

Azouza
عزوزة Iɛazuzen
Azouza village at sunset. Chabet el Ameur is in the background at the left.
Azouza village at sunset. Chabet el Ameur is in the background at the left.
Azouza is located in Algeria
Azouza
Azouza
Coordinates: 36°39′34″N 3°44′22″E / 36.659443°N 3.739364°E / 36.659443; 3.739364
CommuneChabet el Ameur
DistrictIsser District
ProvinceBoumerdès Province
RegionKabylie
Country Algeria
Elevation
380 m (1,250 ft)
Population
 • Total
5,556
Time zoneUTC+01:00

Azouza ( عزوزة in Arabic, Iɛazuzen in Kabyle) is a village located in the commune of Chabet el Ameur, in the Boumerdès Province in Algeria.[1]

Geography

Azouza is located at the south-east of the Boumerdès Province, at the border with the Tizi Ouzou Province. The village is surrounded by other smaller villages, including Ait Said, Ouled Abdellah and M'Kira, and it is located at about 4.5 kilometers north-east of the communal capital, Chabet el Ameur.

Azouza is bordered by the Oued Boughezal river and located on the top of a hill at about 380 meters above sea level at the west of the Sid Ali Bounab mountain range, in Kabylia.

Demographics

Kabyles inhabit the village, which is the capital of the At Mekla Kabyle tribe (also known as Beni Mekla), once part of the Iflissen Umellil tribal confederation.[2] The population in 2008 was of 5,556.[3]

Notable people

  • Khelif Ou Bouzid, amin (chief) of the At Mekla tribe in 1760-1770.[4]
  • Cheikh Ben Bouzid, chief of the Iflissen Umellil tribal confederation in 1760-1770 and father of Khelif Ou Bouzid.[4]
  • Abderrezak Bouguetaya (February 1, 1938 - April 8, 1979), interpret and composer of châabi music.[5]

Références

  1. ^ "Boumerdès 35000 | Code postal de la wilaya par localité en Algérie". www.algerie-poste.net. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
  2. ^ Letourneux, Aristide; Hanoteau, Adolphe (1872). La Kabylie et les coutumes kabyles, par A. Hanoteau,... A. Letourneux,... (in French). Impr. nationale. p. 296. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
  3. ^ https://bucket.theses-algerie.com/files/repositories-dz/3345524967553187.pdf
  4. ^ a b Nil Robin, Joseph (1998). La Grande Kabylie sous le régime Turc. Editions Bouchène. p. 137. doi:10.3917/bouch.robin.1998.01. ISBN 978-2-912946-06-5. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
  5. ^ "Le Midi Libre - Culture - Un poète oublié". www.lemidi-dz.com. Retrieved 2024-10-13.