Azeffoun
Azeffoun | |
|---|---|
Commune and town | |
UTC+1 (CET) | |
| Cap Corbelin Lighthouse | |
 | |
| Constructed | 1905[1] |
| Foundation | masonry base |
| Construction | masonry tower |
| Height | 16 m (52 ft)[1] |
| Shape | cylindrical rower with balcony and lantern[3] |
| Markings | white tower, grey lantern |
| Operator | Office Nationale de Signalisation Maritime |
| Focal height | 42 m (138 ft)  |
| Light source | main power |
| Range | 22 nmi (41 km; 25 mi)[1] |
| Characteristic | Fl (2+1) WR 15s.[2] |
Azeffoun, the classical Rusazus and colonial Port Gueydon, is a town and commune in Tizi Ouzou Province in northern Algeria, located on Cape Corbelin 64 km (40 mi) north-east of Tizi Ouzou.[4] 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 (49 sq mi). Mount Tamgout, the cliffs to its south, rise about 500 m (1,600 ft). It had a population of 16,096 inhabitants in 1998 and 17,435 inhabitants in 2008.
Azeffoun is bounded by the
Bejaia
.
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
The
Fort").[5]
The town fell under
Catholic titular see.[6]
Under colonial rule, Port Gueydon—named after a French admiral and colonial administrator—was 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
See also
References
Citations
- ^ a b c "Cap Corbelin". Office Nationale de Signalisation Maritime. Ministere des Travaux Publics. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Eastern Algeria". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ "Communes of Algeria". Statoids. Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
- ^ a b Huss (2006).
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 960
Bibliography
- Huss, Werner (2006), "Rusazus", Brill's New Pauly Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, Leiden: Brill.
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