Beni Amrane

Beni Amrane بنى عمران
Commune and town
Nickname:  At Ɛemran
Beni Amrane
Coordinates: 36°40′6″N 3°35′31″E / 36.66833°N 3.59194°E / 36.66833; 3.59194
Country	Algeria
Province	Boumerdès Province
APC	2012-2017
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Mayor	Ahmed AFRA (FFS)
Population  (2008)
• Total	23,621
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
CP	35425

Beni Amrane is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 21,452.^[1]

The villages of the commune of Beni Amrane are:

• Expedition of the Col des Beni Aïcha (1837)
• First Battle of the Issers (1837)
• Battle of the Col des Beni Aïcha (1871)

• Ferme Gauthier

• 2008 Beni Amrane bombings (9 June 2008)

This commune is crossed by several rivers:

• Boumerdès River
• Corso River
• Isser River
• Meraldene River

Club	Division	Level	Location	Logo
US Beni Amrane	Ligue de Football de la Wilaya	3	Beni Amrane

• Boualem Boukacem (born 1957), Algerian artist.
• Maamar Bettayeb (born 1953), Algerian academician.
• Mohamed Hassaïne (1945-1994), Algerian journalist.

36°40′N 3°35′E / 36.667°N 3.583°E / 36.667; 3.583