Boghar
بوغار
Commune and town
Nickname: 
Voncaria
Boghar is located in Algeria
Boghar
Boghar
Coordinates: 35°54′41″N 2°43′0″E / 35.91139°N 2.71667°E / 35.91139; 2.71667
DepartementAlgeria
ProvinceMédéa Province
DistrictOuled Antar
Area
 • Total4,747 sq mi (12,295 km2)
Elevation
3,123 ft (952 m)
Population
 (2008)[1][2]
 • Total5,972
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Boghar is a town and commune in Médéa Province, Algeria.

History

During the Roman Empire the town was the site of a Roman town called Voncaria.[4][5] At the 411 Carthage conference, between Catholic and Donatist bishops, the town was represented by the Donatist Felix, declaring that he did not have a Catholic competitor in his diocese.[6][7] Then at the synod convened in Carthage in 484 by the Arian ruler Huneric of the Vandal Kingdom, the bishop Donatus Voncariensis represented the town.[8]

The modern town was begun in July 1839 by Abd el-Kader. In October of the same year, the foundations of a fortification of a fort were seen, which was completed the following year. The town was burnt down in 1841 by General Baraguay-d'Hilliers, and then rebuilt by the French.

Politics

The current mayor is Hazedj Abdelkader.

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Boghar City Population". Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  3. ^ Dezobry et Bachelet, Dictionnaire de biographie, t.1, Ch.Delagrave, 1876, p.318
  4. ^ Voncaria at www.gcatholic.org.
  5. ^ J. Mesnage, L'Afrique chrétienne, (Paris, 1912), p. 506.
  6. ^ Patrologia Latina, vol XI, col. 1347.
  7. ^ Auguste Audollent, v. Boncarensis in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. IX, (1937), coll. 816–817.
  8. ^ Patrologia Latina, vol LVIII, coll. 174, 342 e 347.

35°55′N 2°43′E / 35.917°N 2.717°E / 35.917; 2.717


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