Bordj Menaïel

• Official Name — Bordj Menaïel • Native Name — برج منايل • Nickname — Burǧ Imnayen • Settlement Type — City and Common • Motto — "From the people, for the people" • Image Map — DZ 35 Bordj Menaiel.svg • Mapsize — 180px • Map Caption — Location of Bordj Menaïel in the Boumerdès Province • Pushpin Map — Algeria • Pushpin Label Position — bottom • Pushpin Map Caption — Location of Bordj Menaïel in the Algeria • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Algeria • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Boumerdès Province • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Name2 — Bordj Menaïel District • Government Type — Municipality • Leader Title — Mayor • Established Title — APC • Established Date — 2012-2017 • Unit Pref — Imperial • Population As Of — 2008 • Population Total — 64820 • Timezone — CET • Utc Offset — +1 • Iso Code — CP • Postal Code Type — Postal code Bordj Menaïel (from the Arabic برج - bordj, "tower" and Berber imnayen "cavaliers") is a town in the Boumerdès Province in Algeria. It is located in the western Kabylie region at and is 30 km away from the city of Boumerdès. As of 2008, the population of the municipality is 64,820.

Bordj Menaïel was founded by the Ottoman government of Algeria, most likely in the 16th century, to guard a route between Algiers and Constantine and to secure control of the Isser plain. In the 18th century, its military role was superseded by the foundation of Bordj Sebaou further west, but it remained the residence of the Ottoman wakil administering the surrounding farmland. The French conquest reached the fort of Bordj Menaïel in 1844, when General Bugeaud took it. Afterwards, it initially became the residence of the aghas of the Iflissen Umellil. In 1859, a French colony was created there by imperial decree, using 1718 hectares. It was enlarged through land expropriation in 1872 by Admiral de Gueydon, in the wake of the Mokrani Revolt. • Illustration — The Boumerdes province region in 1830, at the start of the French invasion. The Bordj Menail is visible in the center of the map.

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

• 2008 Zemmouri bombing (9 August 2008) • 2010 Bordj Menaïel bombing (21 September 2010)

The road RN 12 runs through Bordj Menaïel, linking it with Isser to the west and Naciria to the east.

Algeria goalkeeper Faouzi Chaouchi was born in Bordj Menaiel. The local football team is JS Bordj Ménaïel.

• Farouk Belkaïd, footballer • Faouzi Chaouchi, footballer • Zinedine Ferhat, footballer • Omar Fetmouche, artist • Hocine Mezali, journalist and writer • Mustapha Toumi, songwriter, lyricist, composer, poet and painter • Fatma Zohra Zamoum, writer and film-maker