Azeffoun

Azeffoun
Commune and town
Azeffoun
Coordinates:36°54′N04°25′E
Country	Algeria
Province	Tizi Ouzou Province
Time zone	UTC+1(CET)
Cap Corbelin Lighthouse
Constructed	1905
Foundation	masonry base
Construction	masonry tower
Height	16 m (52 ft)
Shape	cylindrical rower with balcony and lantern
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)
Characteristic	Fl (2+1) WR 15s.

Azeffoun,theclassicalRusazusandcolonialPortGueydon,is a town andcommuneinTizi Ouzou Provincein northernAlgeria,located on Cape Corbelin 64 km (40 mi) 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(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 theMediterranean Seaon the north, the town ofAït Chafâaon the east, and the commonAkerrou,Aghribin the south andIflissenin the west. The town is located 64 km (40 mi) north-east ofTizi Ouzouand 83 km (52 mi) western ofBejaia.

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

ThePhoeniciansandCarthaginiansestablished a fortress south ofCape Corbelinas part of their chain ofcoloniesbetween theStrait of Gibraltarand their homelands. They named the cape and its settlementRŠZ(Phoenician:𐤓𐤔𐤆,"Capeof theFort").

The town fell underRomanhegemony after thePunic Wars.UnderAugustus,the town was notionally refounded as aRoman colony,receiving the name Rusazus Colonia Augusti to honor its imperial benefactor.The Roman-era bishopric continues as aCatholictitular see.

Undercolonial rule,Port Gueydon—named aftera 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

• List of lighthouses in Algeria

References

Bibliography

• Huss, Werner(2006), "Rusazus",Brill's New Pauly Encyclopedia of the Ancient World,Leiden: Brill.