Issers

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Isser, formerly spelled Issers ({{langx|ar|يسر}}, {{langx|kab|ⵉⵙⴻⵔ}}) is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 27,990.[http://www.statoids.com/ydz.html Statoids] As of the latest census it has 32,580 residents."[http://www.ons.dz/collections/w35_p2.pdf ﺗﻮزﻳﻊ اﻟﺴﻜﺎن اﻟﻤﻘﻴﻤﻴﻦ ﻣﻦ اﻷﺳﺮ اﻟﻌﺎدﻳﺔ واﻟﺠﻤﺎﻋﻴﺔ ﺣﺴﺐ ﺑﻠﺪﻳﺔاﻹﻗﺎﻣﺔ واﻟﺘﺸﺘﺖ / Répartition de la population résidente des ménages ordinaires et collectifs, selon la commune de résidence et la dispersion]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20111113175913/http://www.ons.dz/collections/w35_p2.pdf Archive]) National Office of Statistics. Retrieved on 13 March 2013.

Isser is located on the south bank of the Isser River and near the centre of the Isser coastal plain, which stretches from Thenia to Naciria.

History

{{Main|History of Algeria}}

=French conquest=

{{Main|French conquest of Algeria}}

=Algerian Revolution=

{{Main|Algerian Revolution}}

=Salafist terrorism=

{{Main|Salafist terrorism in Algeria}}

{{See also|Terrorist bombings in Algeria}}

Transport

The road RN 12 runs through Isser, linking it with Si-Mustapha to the west and Bordj Menaïel to the east. The smaller RN 68 links it to Djinet in the north and Chabet el Ameur in the south.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtp.gov.dz/fr/permalink/3276.html |title=Atlas Routier de l'Algérie : Wilaya de Boumerdès |access-date=2019-01-08 |archive-date=2019-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315161402/http://www.mtp.gov.dz/fr/permalink/3276.html |url-status=dead }}

Zawiya

{{main|Zawiyas in Algeria}}

Notable people

{{Main|List of people from Boumerdès Province}}

References

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{{Boumerdès Province}}

{{Boumerdès Province villages}}

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Category:Communes of Boumerdès Province

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