Isser District

Issers is a district in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It was named after its capital, Isser.

Municipalities The district is further divided into 4 municipalities: Isser Si Mustapha Chabet El Ameur Timezrit

History

French conquest

First Battle of the Issers (1837)

Algerian Revolution

Salafist terrorism

2008 Issers bombing (19 August 2008)

Zawiya

Zawiya Thaalibia

Notable people

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.

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