Tizi Ouzou

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Tizi Ouzou (in Kabyle: Tizi Uzzu in Latin script, in Tifinagh) is a city in Kabylia, Algeria, where it ranks second it population after Béjaïa. It is the capital and largest city of Tizi Ouzou Province and of the so-called Great Kabylia (Grande Kabylie, which is the western part of Kabylia).

[edit] Etymology

The name comes from the Kabyle Tizi (n) Uzezzu, which was contracted into Tizi Uzzu .
Tizi means mountain pass and azezzu (annexed state uzezzu) means broom (the preposition n "of" is not pronounced before u-). That is why the city is often referred to as "the city of broom" (French La ville des genêts).

[edit] Transport

The construction of an airport began in 2007, is already scheduled later this terminal 2009. The airport will be christened with the name of Lalla Fatma N'Soumer. The company Air Algerie will make direct flights between Algiers and Oran in Tizi Ouzou. The company Aigle Azur examines the opening of the road Paris-Tizi Ouzou, but nothing is certain.

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Coordinates: 36°43′N, 4°03′E

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