Zemmouri

The villages of the commune of Zemmouri are:

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• B
• Ben Younes
• E
• El Bor
• H
• Hadj Ahmed
• O
• Ouled Bendou
• Ouled Bouhmed
• Ouled Hocine
• Z
• Zaatra
• Zemmouri El Bahri

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{{Main|History of Algeria}}

The coastal site of Zemmouri El-Bahri was a Phoenician and later Roman settlement named Rusubbicari.Salama, Pierre. [https://www.persee.fr/doc/mefr_0223-5102_2006_num_118_2_10256 Sites commerciaux antiques sur le littoral de l’Algérois]. In: Mélanges de l'École française de Rome: Antiquité, vol. 118, n°2. 2006. pp. 527-547. In the medieval period, it became a small port named Marsa al-Dajaj (literally "chicken port"). Archeological research there has uncovered medieval structures and pottery, as well as Roman coins.[https://www.liberte-algerie.com/culture/de-nouvelles-decouvertes-de-lepoque-medievale-et-romaine-277842 Le site archéologique de Zemmouri El-Bahri continue de surprendre : De nouvelles découvertes de l’époque médiévale et romaine, Liberté 23-09-2017]

By the 19th century the main village, slightly further inland, was known as Zemmouri (usually spelled Zamouri or Zemouri at the time). In 1872 the French government established a colonial settlement there using land confiscated from the Isser el-Ouidan tribe and from private individuals in the wake of the Mokrani Revolt;Alain Mahé, 2001, Histoire de la Grande Kabylie, XIXe-XXe siècles, p. 583; Bulletin officiel du gouvernement général de l'Algérie, Volume 16, p. 136, [https://books.google.com/books?id=c1MMAAAAYAAJ&dq=zamouri+algerie&pg=PA136 arrété du 19 juillet 1875] in 1886 it was renamed Courbet, after Admiral Amédée Courbet.[http://courbet.algerie.free.fr/ChapitreIII.html Notre village Courbet (Algérie), ch. III. IV] Following Algeria's independence in 1962, the name Zemmouri was restored.

{{Main|French conquest of Algeria}}

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

{{Main|Algerian Revolution}}

{{Main|Salafist terrorism in Algeria}}

{{See also|Terrorist bombings in Algeria}}

• 2008 Zemmouri bombing (9 August 2008)

The disastrous 2003 Boumerdès earthquake led to the discovery of a thrust fault; it was subsequently named after the town. The fault has since been incorporated into seismic hazard maps, which will serve as an important guideline for public safety.{{cite book|title=Zemmouri, Algeria, Mw6.8 Earthquake of May 21, 2003|year=2004|publisher=ASCE, TCLEE|location=Reston, VA|isbn=9780784407462|url=http://www.asce.org/Product.aspx?id=2147486137&productid=5369|editor=Curtis L. Edwards}}

To the northwest of the town, the Sahel Forest and the coastal dunes on which it grows are dominated by Aleppo pine and other Mediterranean maquis flora, and constitute a tourist attraction.[https://www.pap-thecoastcentre.org/pdfs/Protection%20sites%20sensibles%20naturels.pdf Programme d’Aménagement Côtier (PAC) "Zone côtière algéroise"], p. 9

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

• Abdelhafid Benchabla, boxer
• Ali Rial, footballer

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Category:Communes of Boumerdès Province

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