Toudert

Toudert
تودرت
Tudert
Village
Toudert is located in Algeria
Toudert
Toudert
Village in Algeria
Coordinates: 36°27′07″N 4°35′52″E / 36.45194°N 4.59778°E / 36.45194; 4.59778
Country Algeria
ProvinceBéjaïa Province
DistrictSeddouk District
CommuneBouhamza
Area
 • Total
0.5 km2 (0.19 sq mi)
Elevation
538 m (1,765 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
Postal code
06031

Toudert Arabic: تودرت Kabyle: Tudert is a village in Bouhamza Commune, Seddouk District, Béjaïa Province, Algeria. It is located South of Bouhitem and West of Mahfouda.

The villages name is Kabyle and translates as "the elevated place".

The village contains two cemeteries – Cimetière des Toudert and Cimetière des Martyrs and two mosques – Mosquée Toudert and Mosquée Tala Abdellah.

Several smaller villages make up the village of Touddart; they were built by the villagers on their ancestral lands. They are;

Tazribt Ichaâbanène, Taouint u Meḥaoud, Tighbit, and Tala Abdellah.

History

The village is one of the oldest villages of the Ait Aidel tribe. It is shown on a 1908 map as 'Toudart'.

It was formerly called Aourir u Aidel meaning "the hill of Aidel".

Agriculture

Olives are the main form of agriculture in Toudert, with the fields being home to olive trees, fig trees and prickly pear trees. There is also fruit tree cultivation, such as grapevines, apricots, orange trees and medlar trees.

References

  1. ↑ "Node: Toudert (4136879565)". OpenStreetMap. 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
  2. ↑ Dallet, J.-M. (1982). Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie. Etudes ethno-linguistiques Maghreb-Sahara. Paris: Société d'études linguistiques et anthropologiques de France. ISBN 978-2-85297-143-1.
  3. ↑ Chaker, Salem (1984). Textes en linguistique berbère: introduction au domaine berbère. Paris: Editions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique. ISBN 978-2-222-03578-7.
  4. ↑ "Répartition de la population résidente des ménages ordinaires et collectifs, selon la commune de résidence et la dispersion" [Distribution of the resident population of ordinary and collective households, according to the municipality of residence and the dispersion] (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-13.
  5. ↑ GmbH, Klokan Technologies. "Compare Carta corografica del regno d'Italia e delle regioni adiacenti". OldMapsOnline. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
  6. ↑ Ali Battache, The Bouhamza Region at the Heart of the Liberation Struggle (1954-1962), El-amel Editions, 2020, 417 pages
  7. ↑ Ali Battache, Historical Overview of Kabylia: The Life of Sheikh El Haddad and the 1871 Uprising, El-amel Editions, 2010
  8. ↑ "Olives | Agricultural Marketing Resource Center". www.agmrc.org. Retrieved 2026-07-20.