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Azeffoun

Field	Value
official_name	Azeffoun
settlement_type	Commune and town
image_skyline	Plage Sidi Khlifa.JPG
imagesize	200px
image_map	DZ 15 Azeffoun.svg
mapsize	220px
pushpin_map	Algeria
pushpin_label_position	bottom
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Algeria
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Tizi Ouzou
subdivision_type2	District
unit_pref	Imperial
population_as_of	1998
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
coordinates
module	{{Infobox lighthouse
qid	Q24641242
embed	yes
yearbuilt	1905
foundation	masonry base
construction	masonry tower
shape	cylindrical rower with balcony and lantern
marking	white tower, grey lantern
height	16 m
lightsource	main power
range	22 nmi
characteristic	Fl (2+1) WR 15s.
managingagent	Office Nationale de Signalisation Maritime

Azeffoun, the classical Rusazus and colonial PortGueydon, is a town and commune in Tizi Ouzou Province in northern Algeria, located on Cape Corbelin 64 km north-east of Tizi Ouzou. The economy of the town of Azeffoun is based on tourism, fishing, and agriculture.

Geography

The area of the municipality of Azeffoun is 126.66 km2. Mount Tamgout, the cliffs to its south, rise about 500 m. It had a population of 16,096 inhabitants in 1998 and 17,435 inhabitants in 2008.

Azeffoun is bounded by the Mediterranean 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 64 km north-east of Tizi Ouzou and 83 km western of Béjaïa.

Villages in the commune of Azeffoun

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 article: 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 (, "Cape of the Fort").

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. The Roman-era bishopric continues as a Catholic titular see.

Under colonial rule, Port Gueydonnamed after a French admiral and colonial administratorwas built on a nearby hillside in the last third of the 19th century.

Personalities linked to the commune

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

References

Citations

Bibliography

References

"Cap Corbelin". Ministere des Travaux Publics.
{{Cite rowlett. dzae
{{cite ngall. 113. 2015
"Communes of Algeria". Statoids.
''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, {{ISBN. 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 960

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