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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