Larbaâ Nath Irathen

Larbaâ Nath Irathen is a city of the north of the Algérie into Large Kabylie, located in the Wilaya de Tizi-Ouzou.

The city is located in an area known for its landscapes, the manufacture of artisanal potteries, the culture of cherries but also, and especially, for its warlike tradition.

Etymology

Its name comes from larbaεa (berberisation of the Arab Al-ārbaʿāʾ , rear RTL أربعاء), “four” for the fourth day of the week (Wednesday), and N At Iraten , “people market day of Irathen”, a large local tribe, mentioned by the Arab historian Ibn Khaldoun. Irathen (Tifinagh) means “the lions” (the lion says “izem” or “ayrd”, this last giving plural “ayraden”).

History

Located in a broken relief, Ath Irathen opposed a savage resistance to the Conquête of Algeria. It is the last area of the north of Algeria fallen to the hands from the French. The marshal Randon finishes the conquest of Kabylie thus. A triumphal arch was built besides to celebrate this victory not easily obtained (the triumphal arch is always visible today, it carries the inscription 1857).

Located on the sides of the Djurdjura at the east of Tizi Ouzou, ideally perched on a rock piton, it was the strategic place to build a fort. Thus in 1857, under the mode of Napoleon III, at the time of the difficult conquest of Kabylie, the general Chabaud-Latour decided to build on the old village of Icharîwen where would have been born the famous Berber poet If Mohand, a fort which it named the Extremely-Napoleon and built a road to connect it to the town of Tizi Ouzou.

Thereafter, the city increases and took the name of Extremely-National under the Third Republic finally that of Larbaâ Nath Irathen at the time of the independence of Algeria.

Larbaâ Nath Irathen signed cooperation agreements with the town of Saint-Denis in France. In June 2001, at the time of the black Spring, the city is the place of confrontations between the population and the gendarmes, who make five dead and ten casualties.

Historical characters of the area

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