Bouzeguene

Bouzeguene بوزغن
Commune and town
Bouzeguene
Bouzeguene
Coordinates: 36°37′00″N 4°28′47″E / 36.6167048°N 4.4798498°E / 36.6167048; 4.4798498
Country	Algeria
Province	Tizi Ouzou Province
District	Bouzeguene District
Area
• Total	66.9 km2 (25.8 sq mi)
Population (2008[1])
• Total	24,311
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
CP	15327

Bouzeguene (alternatively Wizgane) is a Kabyle town in Tizi Ouzou Province, Algeria, approximately 170 km from Algiers.

The village of Bouzeguene is located in the center of the commune of Bouzeguene and surrounded by around twenty other villages. The commune is at 60 km east of Tizi-Ouzou and borders the Béjaïa Province with the mountains of Ait Zikki with the Col de Chellata, and the Daira of Ighzer Amokrane. All the goods come from Akbou and Tazmalt.

Bouzeguene is known for its high number of emigrants in different parts of the world. This is especially true of France, as a majority of locals left to seek for a job under the French occupation.

Bouzeguene was also the cradle of the resistance against the French occupation and the birthplace of Colonel Mohand Oulhadj who fought the French Army from the 1950s until the independence of Algeria in 1962.

Demographics

The population of Bouzeguene is formed of twenty one families who cohabit in the same order of respects and ran by a committee of imgharen tadarth who have meetings especially on Fridays to take care of the village's plans and issues.

External links

• BOUZEGUENE photo gallery (French)
• site de bouzeguene village (French)
• Bouzeguene News (French)

v t e Tizi Ouzou Province Capital: Tizi Ouzou Districts Aïn El Hammam Azazga Azzefoun Béni Douala Béni Yenni Boghni Bouzeguène Draâ Ben Khedda Draâ El Mizan Iferhounène Larbaâ Nath Irathen Maâtka Makouda Mekla Ouadhia Ouafic Ouaguenoun Tigzirt Tizi Gheni Tizi Ouzou Tizi Rached Communes Abi Youcef Agouni Gueghrane Aghrib Ain El Hammam Aïn Zaouia Ath Aissa Mimoun Aït Aggouacha Aït Bouadou Aït-Boumahdi Aït Chafâa Aït Khelili Aït Mahmoud Aït Oumalou Aït Toudert Aït Yahia Aït Yahia Moussa Akbil Akerrou Assi Youcef Azazga Azeffoun Béni-Aïssi Beni Douala Beni-yenni Beni-Zekki Béni-Zmenzer Boghni Boudjima Bounouh Bouzeguene Draâ Ben Khedda Draâ El Mizan Freha Frikat Iboudraren Idjeur Iferhounène Ifigha Iflissen Illilten Illoula Oumalou Imsouhal Irdjen Larbaâ Nath Irathen Mâatkas Makouda Mechtras Mekla Mizrana M'Kira Ouacifs Ouadhia Ouaguenoun Sidi Nâamane Souk El Thenine Souamâa Tadmaït Tigzirt Timizart Tirmitine Tizi Ghenif Tizi N'Tleta Tizi Ouzou Tizi Rached Yakouren Yattafène Zekri

Coordinates: 36°37′00″N 4°28′47″E / 36.61667°N 4.47972°E / 36.61667; 4.47972

1. ↑ Evolution intercensitaire de la population sur le site de la wilaya de Tizi Ouzou. Consulté le 25/02/2011