Azeffoun

• Official Name — Azeffoun • Settlement Type — Commune and town • Image Skyline — Plage Sidi Khlifa.JPG • Image Map — DZ 15 Azeffoun.svg • Mapsize — 220px • Pushpin Map — Algeria • Pushpin Label Position — bottom • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Algeria • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Tizi Ouzou • Subdivision Type2 — District • Unit Pref — Imperial • Population As Of — 1998 • Timezone — CET • Utc Offset — +1 Azeffoun, the classical Rusazus and colonial PortGueydon, is a town and commune in Tizi Ouzou Province in northern Algeria, located on Cape Corbelin 64 km north-east of Tizi Ouzou. The economy of the town of Azeffoun is based on tourism, fishing, and agriculture.

The area of the municipality of Azeffoun is 126.66 km2. Mount Tamgout, the cliffs to its south, rise about 500 m. 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 64 km north-east of Tizi Ouzou and 83 km western of Béjaïa.

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.