Issers

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'''Isser''', formerly spelled '''Issers''' ({{langx|ar|يسر}}, {{langx|kab|ⵉⵙⴻⵔ}}) is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 27,990.<ref>[http://www.statoids.com/ydz.html Statoids]</ref> As of the latest census it has 32,580 residents.<ref>"[http://www.ons.dz/collections/w35_p2.pdf ﺗﻮزﻳﻊ اﻟﺴﻜﺎن اﻟﻤﻘﻴﻤﻴﻦ ﻣﻦ اﻷﺳﺮ اﻟﻌﺎدﻳﺔ واﻟﺠﻤﺎﻋﻴﺔ ﺣﺴﺐ ﺑﻠﺪﻳﺔاﻹﻗﺎﻣﺔ واﻟﺘﺸﺘﺖ / Répartition de la population résidente des ménages ordinaires et collectifs, selon la commune de résidence et la dispersion]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20111113175913/http://www.ons.dz/collections/w35_p2.pdf Archive]) National Office of Statistics. Retrieved on 13 March 2013.</ref>

Isser is located on the south bank of the Isser River and near the centre of the Isser coastal plain, which stretches from Thenia to Naciria.

==History== {{Main|History of Algeria}}

===French conquest=== {{Main|French conquest of Algeria}} * First Battle of the Issers (1837)

===Algerian Revolution=== {{Main|Algerian Revolution}}

===Salafist terrorism=== {{Main|Salafist terrorism in Algeria}} {{See also|Terrorist bombings in Algeria}} * 2008 Issers bombing (19 August 2008)

==Transport== The road RN 12 runs through Isser, linking it with Si-Mustapha to the west and Bordj Menaïel to the east. The smaller RN 68 links it to Djinet in the north and Chabet el Ameur in the south.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtp.gov.dz/fr/permalink/3276.html |title=Atlas Routier de l'Algérie : Wilaya de Boumerdès |access-date=2019-01-08 |archive-date=2019-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315161402/http://www.mtp.gov.dz/fr/permalink/3276.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Zawiya== {{main|Zawiyas in Algeria}} *Zawiya Thaalibia

==Notable people== {{Main|List of people from Boumerdès Province}} * Sidi Abder Rahman El Thaelebi, Algerian Islamic scholar * Messaoud Aït Abderrahmane, Algerian footballer * Raïs Hamidou, Algerian privateer

==References== {{Portal|Algeria}} {{reflist}}

Category:Communes of Boumerdès Province