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Boghar بوغار
Commune and town
Nickname: Voncaria
Boghar
Coordinates: 35°54′41″N 2°43′0″E / 35.91139°N 2.71667°E / 35.91139; 2.71667
Departement	Algeria
Province	Médéa Province
District	Ouled Antar
Area
• Total	4,747 sq mi (12,295 km)
Elevation	3,123 ft (952 m)
Population
• Total	5,972
Time zone	UTC+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. 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. 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.

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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Capital: Médéa
Districts	Aïn Boucif Aziz Béni Slimane Berrouaghia Chahbounia Chellalat El Adhaoura El Azizia El Omaria Guelb El Kébir Ksar El Boukhari Médéa Ouamri Ouled Antar Ouzera Seghouane Si Mahdjoub Sidi Naâmane Souaghi Tablat
Communes	Aïn Boucif Aïn Ou Ksir Aissaouia Aziz Baata Benchicao Beni Slimane Berrouaghia Bir Ben Laabed Boghar Bou Aiche Bouaichoune Bouchrahil Boughezoul Bouskene Chahbounia Challalat El Adhaoura Cheniguel Derrag Deux Bassins Djouab Draa Essamar El Azizia El Guelbelkebir El Hamdania El Omaria El Ouinet Hannacha Kef Lakhdar Khams Djouamaa Ksar Boukhari Meghraoua Médéa Medjebar Meftaha Mezerana Mihoub Ouamri Oued Harbil Ouled Antar Ouled Bouachra Ouled Brahim Ouled Deide Ouled Hellal Ouled Maaref Oum El Djalil Ouzera Rebaia Saneg Sedraia Seghouane Sidi Mahdjoub Sidi Damed Sidi Errabia Sidi Naamane Sidi Zahar Sidi Ziane Souagui Tablat Tafraout Tamesguida Tizi Mahdi Tlatet Eddouair Zoubiria

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