Boumerdès Province
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Boumerdès (Arabic: ولاية بومرداس , Berber : Bumerdas) is a wilaya of northern Algeria, between Algiers and Tizi-Ouzou, with its capital at the coastal city of Boumerdès (formerly Rocher-Noir) just east of Algiers. It includes the municipalities of Boudouaou, Boudouaou El Bahri, Corso, Tidjelabine, Hammadi, Khemis El Khechna, Ouled Haddadj, Ouled Moussa, Larbatache, Kharrouba, Keddara, Thenia, Souk El Had, Beni Amrane, Ammal, Zemmouri, Si Mustapha, Isser, Chabet El Ameur, Timezrit, Naciria, Bordj Menaiel, Laghata, Djinet, Sidi Daoud, Ouled Aissa, Baghlia, Taourga, Ben Choud, Dellys, and Afir.
Geographically, the wilaya is largely mountainous, with a long coastline and a number of rivers, notably the Isser and Sebaou. Its western edges have in effect become suburbs of Algiers as the capital has expanded.
The three towns of Zemmouri El Bahri (Rusubbicari), Djinet (Cissi), and Dellys {Rusucurium), all of Phoenician foundation, were the wilaya's principal ancient sites, although smaller Roman towns existed inland, as at Taourga; at none do any significant classical ruins remain. Zemmouri El Bahri (under the name of Marsa-d-Dajaj) and Dellys both attained some significance in the Islamic period, beginning with Hammadid times; the largely Ottoman-era casbah of Dellys remains an attraction. Boumerdes itself, called Rocher-Noir in the colonial period, was expanded substantially following the establishment of the new wilaya in 1983. The wilaya was very hard hit by the Algerian earthquake of 2003, whose epicentre was near Zemmouri.
- Wilaya code: 35
- Phone code: 24
- Area: 1558.39 km²
