Souk El-Had

Souk El-Had is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 4,860.

Villages
The villages of the commune of Souk El-Had are: • A

• * Aït Ali

• * Aït Amar

• * Aït Hamadouche

• D

• * Djenah

• F

• * Fekhara

• G

• * Gueraïchene

• I

• * Imedjkanene

• * Itoubal

• T

• * Titouna

French conquest

 * Expedition of the Col des Beni Aïcha (1837)
 * First Battle of the Issers (1837)

Algerian Revolution

 * Ferme Gauthier

Salafist terrorism

 * 2007 Souk El Had bombing (11 February 2007)

Rivers
This commune is crossed by several rivers:
 * Isser River
 * Arbia River

Notable people

 * Mohamed Deriche, 20th-century leader of the Kabyle political resistance against the French.
 * Lyès Deriche, 20th-century leader of the Algerian national political movement against the French.