{{Infobox settlement | name = Tizert | native_name = تيزرت | native_name_lang = ar | other_name = Tizekht | settlement_type = Village | pushpin_map = Algeria | pushpin_mapsize = 280 | pushpin_map_caption = Village in Algeria | coordinates = {{coord|36|29|28|N|4|44|8|E|region:DZ_type:village|display=inline, title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{DZA}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Béjaïa Province | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Béni Maouche District | subdivision_type3 = Commune | subdivision_name3 = Beni Maouche | area_total_km2 = 0.21 | area_total_sq_mi = 0.08 | area_total_ha = 21 | area_total_acre = 51.75 | elevation_m = 850 | elevation_ft = 2,790 | timezone1 = CET | utc_offset = +1 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 06031 }}
'''Tizert''' {{Langx|ar|تيزرت}} or '''Tizekht''' is a village in Beni Maouche Commune, Béni Maouche District, Northern Algeria in the Béjaïa Province.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-24 |title=Node: Tizert (4377707137) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4377707137 |access-date=2026-04-09 |website=OpenStreetMap |language=en}}</ref>
The village is located North of Tachouaft and Taourirt, and Southeast of Beni Dja'ad.
The etymology of the villages name is "the place of the olive tree"<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dallet |first=Jean-Marie |title=Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie |date=1982 |publisher=Société d'Etudes Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France |isbn=978-2-85297-143-1 |series=Études ethno-linguistiques Maghreb-Sahara |location=Paris}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Mammeri |first=Mouloud |title=Tajeṛṛumt n tmazigt: tantala taqbaylit |date=1976 |publisher=Maspero |isbn=978-2-7071-0843-2 |location=Paris}}</ref>
There is a marble war memorial in the village to the shuhadā (martyrs) who died in the Algerian War.<ref>Mechouer, Omar. 2025.</ref> There is also a mosque.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MAWAQIT |title=Mosquée TIZEKHT |url=https://mawaqit.net/ |access-date=2026-04-23 |website=MAWAQIT |language=en}}</ref>
Some local villagers have vandalised and desecrated graves in the cemetery.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=CHEKAR |first=Amar |date=2025-09-12 |title=REPORTAGE : Le village Tizekht en quête de son histoire millineaire Algérie 62 |url=https://www.algerie62.dz/reportage-le-village-tizekht-en-quete-de-son-histoire-millineaire/ |access-date=2026-04-23 |website=Algérie 62 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
== History == The village dates back to the Byzantine period. The village Tizekht Mosque dates back to the 9th Century.<ref name=":0" />
During the Ottoman period the village was burned seven times because the residents didn't pay taxes.<ref name=":0" />
The village was bombed three times by the French Army in the Algerian War.<ref name=":0" />
There were three battles in the village, including the Battle of Ifri on April 24, 1957, the Battle of Achtoug in May 1957, and the Battle of Bouzdhguene. The village, along with Aguemoune also sheltered refugees.<ref name=":0" />
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Populated places in Béjaïa Province