Souk El-Had

Souk El-Had is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 4,860.

Villages

The villages of the commune of Souk El-Had are:

History

French conquest

• Expedition of the Col des Beni Aïcha (1837)
• First Battle of the Issers (1837)

Algerian Revolution

• Ferme Gauthier

Salafist terrorism

• 2007 Souk El Had bombing (11 February 2007)

Rivers

This commune is crossed by several rivers:

• Isser River

Football clubs

Notable people

• Mohamed Deriche, 20th-century leader of the Kabyle political resistance against the French.
• Lyès Deriche, 20th-century leader of the Algerian national political movement against the French.

References