Dellys
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Dellys دلس |
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| City and Common | |
Dellys
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| Motto: "From the people, for the people" | |
 Location of Taher in the Boumerdès Province |
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 Dellys
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| Coordinates: 36°54′48″N 3°54′51″E / 36.913272°N 3.914094°ECoordinates: 36°54′48″N 3°54′51″E / 36.913272°N 3.914094°E | |
| Country |
 Algeria
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| Province | Boumerdès Province |
| District | Dellys District |
| APC | 2012-2017 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Mayor | Rabah Zerouali (RND) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,504 sq mi (64,86 km2) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 32,954 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| Postal code | 35100 |
| ISO 3166 code | CP |
| Website | http://www.communedellys.dz |
Dellys (Arabic: دلّس) is a small Mediterranean town in northern Algeria's coastal Boumerdès Province, almost due north of Tizi-Ouzou and just east of the river Sebaou.
It is notable for an Ottoman-era casbah, two colonial-era lighthouses (marking Cape Bengut), and some beaches; the principal activities of the area are fishing and farming.
In 1998 it had a population of 19,500 in the municipality.
It was originally a Phoenician (Punic) founding, called Rusucurru or Rusuccuru.
As a town in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis, it was important enough to become a suffragan bishopric.
In medieval times, the city was called Tedelles.
On September 8, 2007, at least 30 people were killed and 47 injured in an Al-Qaeda-claimed suicide car bomb attack on an Algerian naval barracks in Dellys
In Roman times, Rusuccuru became an episcopal see. The names of a few of its bishops are known:
No longer a residential see, the bishopric of Rusuccuru is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees. In Latin the titular bishopric is known as Rusuccurrensis.
The Ancient diocese was nominally restored in 1933 and so far has had the following incumbents, all Latin (Roman Rite) and of the lowest (episcopal) rank :
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