Azeffoun
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Azeffoun, the classical Rusazus and colonial Port{{nbsp}}Gueydon, is a town and commune in Tizi Ouzou Province in northern Algeria, located on Cape Corbelin {{Convert|64|km|sp=us|abbr=on}} north-east of Tizi Ouzou.{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/ydz.html |title=Communes of Algeria|publisher=Statoids|access-date=December 12, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101129052613/http://statoids.com/ydz.html| archive-date= 29 November 2010 | url-status= live}} The economy of the town of Azeffoun is based on tourism, fishing, and agriculture.
Geography
The area of the municipality of Azeffoun is {{convert|126.66|km2|sp=us|abbr=on|0}}. Mount Tamgout, the cliffs to its south, rise about {{convert|500|m|sp=us|abbr=on}}. It had a population of 16,096 inhabitants in 1998 and 17,435 inhabitants in 2008.
Azeffoun is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on the north, the town of Aït Chafâa on the east, and the common Akerrou, Aghrib in the south and Iflissen in the west. The town is located {{convert|64|km|sp=us|abbr=on}} north-east of Tizi Ouzou and {{convert|83|km|sp=us|abbr=on}} western of Bejaia.
= Villages in the commune of Azeffoun =
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- Iagachene
- Tiouidiouine
- At Rhuna (Ait Rhouna)
- Cheurfa
- At Lḥusin (Ait Lhocine)
- Iḥanucen (Ihanouchene)
- Tazaɣart (Tazaghart)
- Amriɣ (Amrigh)
- At Sidi Yeḥya (Ait Sidi Yahia)
- Nath Ouaissa (Ait Ouaissa)
- Mlaṭa Iɛeggacen (M'latta Iagachene)
- Mlaṭa (Mlatta cité)
- Isumaten (Issoumatene)
- Zituna (Zitouna)
- Tiza
- Lxibya (El Khibia)
- At Yillul (Ait Illoul)
- Kanis
- Tala Ḥadid
- Iɛbac (Iabache)
- Tagemunt n Yeɛbac (Taguemount Iâvache)
- Ɛcuba (Achouba)
- At Warẓiq (Ait Ouarzik)
- At Wandlus (Ait Ouandelous)
- Tifrest
- At Naɛim (Ait Naiem)
- Ijanaten (Idjanaten)
- Qirya (Kiria)
- Azeffun
- Bezerqa (Bezerka)
- Iḥemziwen (Ihamziouene)
- Iberhuten (Iberhoutene)
- Imuluden (Imouloudene)
- Tagemunt n Wedrar (Taguemount Boudrar)
- Lqelɛa (El Kelâa)
- Tidmimin
- Ɣerru (Gherrou)
- Iɣil Leɣzel (Ighil Leghzel)
- Taẓebbujt n Tiza (Tazebojt n Tiza)
- Imidiqsen (Imidiksen)
- Laɛzib Saḥel (Lazib Sahel)
- Agni n Riḥan (Agouni n Rihane)
- Taɛinṣert (Taincert)
- Tifezwin (Tifezouine)
- Timluka (Timlouka)
- Aɣulid (Aghoulid)
- Sidi Qurci (Sidi Korchi)
- Cote Bitar
- Ait chaffa
- Tafraout
- Ighil Mehni
- Jemha
- Tagarcifth
}}
History
{{main|Rusazus}}
The Phoenicians and Carthaginians established a fortress south of Cape Corbelin as part of their chain of colonies between the Strait of Gibraltar and their homelands. They named the cape and its settlement {{sc|ršz}} ({{langx|phn|𐤓𐤔𐤆}}, "Cape of the Fort").{{sfnp|Huss|2006}}
The town fell under Roman hegemony after the Punic Wars. Under Augustus, the town was notionally refounded as a Roman colony, receiving the name Rusazus Colonia Augusti to honor its imperial benefactor.{{sfnp|Huss|2006}} The Roman-era bishopric continues as a Catholic titular see.Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, {{ISBN|978-88-209-9070-1}}), p. 960
Under colonial rule, Port Gueydon{{mdash}}named after a French admiral and colonial administrator{{mdash}}was built on a nearby hillside in the last third of the 19th century.
Personalities linked to the commune
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- Taleb Abderahmane
- Tahar Djaout
- Fellag
- Ali Haddad
- Hadj M'hamed El-Anka
- Hadj M'Rizek
- Boudjemaâ El Ankis
- Mohamed Iguerbouchène
- M'hamed Issiakhem
- Mohamed Ifticene
- Abderrahmane Aziz
- Bachir Hadj Ali
- Ahcéne Lalmas
- Younes Ifticene
- Mohamed Hilmi
- Said Hilmi
- Hnifa Boualem Chaker
- Abdelkader Chercham
- Abderrahmane Lounés
- Rouiched
- El Hadj-Said Oulmaghechthoum
- Hamid Tagziria
- Rouiched
}}
See also
{{Portal|Algeria}}
References
=Citations=
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=Bibliography=
- {{citation |last=Huss |first=Werner |author-link=Werner Huß |contribution=Rusazus |location=Leiden |publisher=Brill |title=Brill's New Pauly Encyclopedia of the Ancient World |date=2006 |editor=Hubert Cancik |editor2=Helmuth Schneider |editor3=Christine F. Salazar |editor4=Manfred Landfester |editor5=Francis G. Gentry |display-editors=0 }}.
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