Dellys
Dellys
دلس Delles (Berber) | |
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City and Daira | |
Dellys | |
| Motto(s): "From the people, for the people" | |
Location of Dellys in Boumerdès Province | |
Location of Dellys in Algeria | |
| Coordinates: 36°54′48″N 3°54′51″E / 36.913272°N 3.914094°E | |
| Country | Algeria |
| Province | Boumerdès |
| District | Dellys District |
| APC | 2012–2017 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Mayor | Rabah Zerouali (RND) |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,504 sq mi (6,486 km2) |
| Population (2008) | |
• Total | 32,954 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Postal code | 35100 |
| ISO 3166 code | CP |
| Website | Official website |
| Cap Bengut Lighthouse | |
the concrete lighthouse built in 2010 (right) next to the metal tower built in 2004 (left) | |
| Constructed | 2010 |
| Construction | concrete |
| Height | 28.9 m (95 ft) |
| Shape | octagonal prism tower with four buttresses with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | grey metallic lantern |
| Operator | Office Nationale de Signalisation Maritime |
| Focal height | 63 m (207 ft) |
| Range | 29 nmi (54 km; 33 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl (4) W 15s. |
| Algeria no. | DZ-2700 |
| Second lighthouse | |
| Constructed | 2004 |
| Construction | metal skeletal tower |
| Height | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Shape | triangular skeletal tower with balcony and light |
| Markings | red tower with a white band atop |
| Deactivated | 2017 |
| First lighthouse | |
| Constructed | 1881 |
| Construction | masonry tower |
| Height | 29 m (95 ft) |
| Shape | quadrangular tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | white (tower), green (lantern) |
| Deactivated | 2003 |
Dellys (Arabic: دلّس, Berber: Delles) is a small Mediterranean town in northern Algeria's coastal Boumerdès Province, almost due north of Tizi-Ouzou and just east of the Sebaou River. It is the district seat of the daïra of Dellys. The town is 45 km from Tizi Ouzou, 50 km from Boumerdès (the provincial capital), and about 100 km from the capital Algiers.
It is notable for its Ottoman-era Casbah, two colonial-era lighthouses (marking Cape Bengut), and some beaches; the principal activities of the area are fishing and farming.
As of 2008, the population of the municipality is 32,954.