Guelma

Province

Guelma (Arabic قالمة, Qālima DMG ) is a medium-sized university town in northeastern Algeria. It is located 600 km east of the capital, Algiers and is the capital of the province of Guelma.

Images Guelmas

City center, Mohamed Abdou 's School in the foreground and the March 19 - Square.

Guelma, 19 -Mar- place and the seat of Willaya.

Guelma, farm school.

Geography

The city is surrounded by mountains ( Maouna, Dbegh ), it is called " plate - city ".

History

Guelma and the neighboring places Sétif and Kherrata were on May 8, 1945 scene of the massacre of Guelma Sétif and Kharata with 45,000 shot or executed Algerians committed by the colonial French military in response to demands for an end to French colonial rule in Algeria.

To mark the country's independence in 1962 it came to the destruction of an ancient Roman temple by the FLN under the aegis of local Islamic dignitaries.

Buildings, Landmarks

  • Roman Theatre
  • Roknia
  • Thibilis
  • Hammam Chellala
  • Seybouse
  • Maouna
  • Dbegh
  • Hammam Bradaa
  • Ghar e'Said
  • Ghar el'Djemaa

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Houari Boumedienne (1927-1978), politician and Algerian head of state (1965-1978)
  • Abdelmalek Ziaya ( born 1984 ), football player
DIN 31635 Houari Boumediene
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