Azeffoun

History

The Phoenicians and Carthaginians established a fortress south of Cape Corbelin as part of their chain of colonies between the Strait of Gibraltar and their homelands. They named the cape and its settlement (, "Cape of the Fort"). The town fell under Roman hegemony after the Punic Wars. Under Augustus, the town was notionally refounded as a Roman colony, receiving the name Rusazus Colonia Augusti to honor its imperial benefactor. The Roman-era bishopric continues as a Catholic titular see. Under colonial rule, Port Gueydonnamed after a French admiral and colonial administratorwas built on a nearby hillside in the last third of the 19th century.

Geography

The area of the municipality of Azeffoun is . Mount Tamgout, the cliffs to its south, rise about . It had a population of 16,096 inhabitants in 1998 and 17,435 inhabitants in 2008. Azeffoun is bounded by the Mediterranean on the north, the town of Aït Chafâa on the east, and the common Akerrou, Aghrib in the south and Iflissen in the west. The town is located north-east of Tizi Ouzou and western of Béjaïa.

Most-observed species

• Goldcrest

  Regulus regulus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  70
• Four-spotted

  Tyta luctuosa (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775 · Insecta
  20
• Sahara Frog

  Pelophylax saharicus (Boulenger, 1913) · Amphibia
  20
• Idaea attenuaria (Rambur, 1833)

  Idaea attenuaria (Rambur, 1833) · Insecta
  20
• Waved Umber

  Menophra abruptaria (Thunberg, 1792) · Insecta
  19
• Bright Wave

  Idaea ochrata (Scopoli, 1763) · Insecta
  18
• Zebeeba falsalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1839)

  Zebeeba falsalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1839) · Insecta
  17
• Potamon algeriense Bott, 1967

  Potamon algeriense Bott, 1967 · Malacostraca
  17

Most recent

• M 4.5 — 2024-10-10
  27 km NE of Arhribs, Algeria
• M 3.8 — 2023-06-19
  6 km WSW of el hed, Algeria
• M 4.1 — 2022-11-20
  24 km WNW of Dellys, Algeria
• M 5.2 — 2022-03-19
  13 km NE of Bejaïa, Algeria
• M 4.6 — 2021-03-25
  12 km NE of Bejaïa, Algeria
• M 4.5 — 2021-03-24
  northern Algeria