Bouhamza
Sign in to saveBouhamza is a commune and village in Seddouk District, Northern Algeria in the Béjaïa Province on the banks of the Bou Sellam River.
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Vinony's link graph records 96 inbound references to Bouhamza, and connects out to Béjaïa Province, Algeria and Arabic.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Communes of Béjaïa Province.
Vinony links it to 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Bouhamza
- Settlement.native_name
- بوحمزةBuḥemza
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar, kab
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Barrage bouhamza bejaia.png
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Algeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bejaia
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Hamlat Yacine
- Settlement.area_total_ha
- 778
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2008
- Settlement.population_total
- 9123
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- West Africa Time
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 160
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Algeria
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Seddouk District
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Amalou
- Image
- Tichi-Haf.JPG
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- postal code
- 06031
- Commons category
- Bouhamza
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Geography
- Economy
- Politics
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Bouhamza is a commune and village in Seddouk District, Northern Algeria in the Béjaïa Province on the banks of the Bou Sellam River.
== History == The former name was Ighil Aberkane, which translates as "the black mountain". The name 'Bouhamza' first appeared at the end of the 16th Century during the rebellion against the Spanish, led by a Turk called Hamza. The current name is Arabic and translates to "The place of Hamza"
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bouhamza” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations