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Dellys District دائرة دلس
District
Map of Algeria highlighting Boumerdès Province
Country	Algeria
Province	Boumerdès
District seat	Dellys
Population
• Total	49,698
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
Municipalities	3

Dellys is a district in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It was named after its capital, Dellys.

Municipalities

The district is further divided into 3 municipalities:

• Dellys
• Ben Choud
• Aafir

History

French conquest

• Shipwreck of Dellys (15 May 1830), commanded by Captain Armand Joseph Bruat (1796-1855) and Captain Félix-Ariel d'Assigny (1794-1846).
• First Battle of the Issers (27 May 1837), commanded by General Alexandre Charles Perrégaux (1791-1837) and Colonel Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg (1784-1838).
• First Assault of Dellys (28 May 1837), commanded by Captain Félix-Ariel d'Assigny (1794-1846).
• Second Assault of Dellys (12 May 1844), commanded by General Thomas Robert Bugeaud (1784–1849).

Algerian Revolution

This commune saw the creation of several clandestine torture centers during the Algerian revolution:

• Camp Gualota in the commune of Dellys.

Salafist terrorism

• 2007 Dellys bombing (8 September 2007)

Notable people

• Abderrahmane Abdelli, musician
• Habib Ayyoub, writer
• Abderrahmane Benhamida, former Minister of Education
• Abderrahmane Hammad, athlete
• Mokhtar Hasbellaoui, doctor
• Abderrahman Ibrir, footballer
• Rachid Nadji, footballer
• Sidi Yahya al-Tadallisi al-Thaalibi, imam
• Mu'izz ud-Dawla ibn Sumadih, ruler
• Abdelkader Zerrar [fr], Algerian footballer.

References

v t e Boumerdès Province
Capital: Boumerdès
Baghlia District	Baghlia Sidi Daoud Taourga
Bordj Menaïel District	Bordj Menaïel Djinet Legata Zemmouri
Boudouaou District	Boudouaou Boudouaou-El-Bahri Bouzegza Keddara El Kharrouba Ouled Hedadj
Boumerdès District	Boumerdès Corso Tidjelabine
Dellys District	Aafir Ben Choud Dellys
Isser District	Chabet el Ameur Issers Si-Mustapha Timezrit
Khemis El Khechna District	Hammedi Khemis El-Khechna Larbatache Ouled Moussa
Naciria District	Naciria Ouled Aissa
Thénia District	Ammal Beni Amrane Souk El-Had Thénia

v t e Boumerdès Province villages
A	Ahl El Koudia Ahl El Oued Aït Abdelhadi Aït Afra Aït Ali Aït Dahmane Aït Hamadouche Aït Salah Aït Si Amar Aït Si Saïd Azela Azouza
B	Baloul Belhasnet Ben Daoud Ben Younes Beni Arab Beni Fouda Beni Khelifa Berreghlou Bou Ismaïl Bouaïdel Bouchelaghem Boukaraï Boukhanfar Bouredjouane
C	Chender Chorfa
D	Debagha Djaouna Djenah Doukane Draâ Ben Hadhoum
E	El Bor
F	Fekhara
G	Ghazibaouene Gueddara Gueraïchene
H	Hadadcha Haddada Hadj Ahmed Hini
L	Louz
M	Mahrane Mahsas Medjber Meraïel Meraldene Merchicha Mezala
O	Oued Djenane Ouled Ali Ouled Bellemou Ouled Bendou Ouled Bessa Ouled Bouhmed Ouled Boumerdès Ouled Djerrah Ouled Hocine Ouled Mahmoud Ouled Salah
S	Sidi Fredj Sidi Yahia Skhirat Souiga Soumâa
T	Tabrahimt Tachehat Talamali Talilt Talmat Tamsaout Tebabkha Thellath Tigrine Tijijga Timizar Titouna Tiza Tizouighine Toulmout Touzaline
Z	Zaatra Zemmouri El Bahri Zenina

36°55′N 3°53′E / 36.917°N 3.883°E / 36.917; 3.883

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