Ouenza

Ouenza , a city of the Algeria, is located in the extreme is territory, with a latitude of 35 degrees 55 min and a 8 degrees and 5 minutes longitude, very close to the borders algéro- Tunisia which are not located in its is. Administratively it belongs to the Wilaya of Tébessa, whose chief town in is distant of 70 km. In north, the wilaya is Souk Ahras who moves away only 43 km from there. While travelling towards the west, one finds the town of Me daourouch (old Madaure).

Ethonologic demography and aspect

The population is evaluated with 60.000 inhabitants. On the ethnological level, the city gathers a population coming from various areas in particular those which border it: Souk Ahras, Taoura, Annaba, Guelma, Tebessa, Chréa, El-meridj, Ain Zerga, Meskiana, etc

Life with Ouenza

Ouenza, a city dedicated to the lapse of memory

Ouenza, is a city built at the beginning of the twentieth century by French around an iron ore mine. The city is located at 150 km in the south of the coastal town: Annaba. Ouenza had an important iron ore layer, which was at the origin of an economic growth of all the area since more than 100 ans.l' exploitation of the ore, allowed the installation of the workers come from many areas of Algeria and also of the other Maghreb countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Libya). this contributed to the cultural richness of the city, and gave for a long time to the city a particular specificity compared to the other cities of the area. Once with the retirement the workers and their families leave the city to settle in their cities and villages of origins. These departures are replaced progressively by badous come from the villages located at the neighborhoods. Thus the city lost its specificity and its cultural diversity to become a monotonous city. The geographical location of the town of Ouenza in the high plateaus gives him a dry climate and cold the winter, heat the summer.

Ouenza, a peaceful and attractive space

The town of Ouenza comprises several attractive places very attended by the inhabitants. The bowling pitch, called the Circle, remains until at the time a formidable place of meeting between young people and less young people around a drink to attend part of game of bowls. " The économat" , is the large supermarket of the city. Without forgetting, of course, the village hall which comprises also a cinema of more than 400 places equipped formerly with an air-conditioning. This mythical place made the happiness of several generations of film enthusiasts, where one saw passing from films as mythical as: “ the odyssey of space” , “ Apocalyps now” , “ Chronic of the years of embers” , etc The " Tennis" , another interesting place, these are three ground grounds beaten which côtoient a ground of tennis shoe, at one time one could play during the night. Then, there are the football field, weekly gathering place of the supporters of the local football team " OSO" , a very dynamic team with many victories with its prize list. Without forgetting, formerly the fantasia, spectacle celebrating on November first of each year. The weekly souk of the city is known more by its name SAS, term inherited the colonial time. Lastly, of the cybercafés, modernity obliges! represent the new tendency for the young people in search of escape, the moment of a connection with the world.

Mining and its ecological impact

The transport of the iron ore since the careers towards the coaches by the means of travelators made that during its fall. The ore causes an expansion of dust which invades almost all the districts of the city. This dust is the source of a degradation of hygiene as well as a discoloration of painted surfaces of the city. Moreover, the inhalation continues of the aforesaid dust by the inhabitants causes lung diseases of which most widespread is known under the name of the silicosis.

In what follows, we propose to you what was written by the press in connection with this fatal disease.

Silicosis, world plague

The press was moved about this fatal disease.

The majority of the workers of the mines of Ouenza end up developing this pathology. It is a disease of the respiratory tracts and lung caused by the inhalation of silica dust. It requires a catch of load in particular health systems. Unfortunately in Ouenza no program was developed for the assumption of responsibility of the workmen of the mine reached of this affection. After an exposure of several years to dust of the iron ore the workmen develop the disease and often die of the continuations of this one.

Houses of young people and cultural development

In the town of Ouenza several houses of young people are open in order to accommodate various young people to reach the activities that their offer of the specialists trained for this purpose. The house of young brothers abidi is of an architecture and an extraordinary installation. In this house of young people, a library is containing good number of books in various disciplines: literature, technology, sciences, history, arts, etc It makes a point of helping youth ouenzie to find its cultural and psychological paisibility by offering a multitude of tools to him a such room equipped with microcomputers connected to Internet, a room of Karate, another to learn the hairstyle women, etc Other houses of young people namely: Houari boumediene and Mohamed Boudiaf works in the same axis and devotes adequate means in their management. The aforementioned houses of young people accommodate several associations. We give some names of them: Ikra association which wants to say " lire" , an association which contributed to éradiquer a considerable rate of illiteracy prevailing among the inhabitants (various age brackets); Baraa association which wants to say " innocence" , in the problems of the child in particular that is implied which suffers from health issues, company (divorce of the parents), etc Of other sports associations activate in their own field. It still should be noted that the commune of Ouenza prepares to accommodate, following the example other cities, an appendix of the national bibilothèque and who will be an exceptional place of meeting and consolidation of the cultural elements of the population Ouenzie .

Teaching and education

One finds three high-schools, of which is specialized in technical education. The old college, inaugurated in 1982 and which was the only college where direct the new colleges is still in good state. The other new college is in its turn has just been equipped with a room provided with several computers connected to Internet as well as a library where the pupils can borrow books and magazines.

The fundamental schools ensure fundamental teaching since the first year until the ninth. We find schools, older and more known, such as El Emir Abdelkader, Ibn Sina (which was a polytechnic school), Mohamed Seddik Ibn Yahia and which was at one time intended for an average teaching (post-primary education).

The most known elementary schools: El Fida, Ibn Badis, Reda Houhou, Mebarek el Mili, Larbi Tébessi, Bachir el Ibrahimi, etc El-Wassit, a private school, inaugurated in 1995, and specialized in data-processing teaching continuous until at the time its activity of teaching exempted to the young people wanting to reach the occupation of data processing specialist. The diplomas to be distinguished differ according to the school level from the student and the duration from formation. Today, El-Wassit opened a cybercafé and which allured the population in particular that it uses the reception by satellite.

The number of the academics in many disciplines is in very great growth in particular these last years. Unfortunately, these future frameworks find difficulties in taking down a work station permanant or even temporary.

Health

The town of Ouenza has an Hospital Fouad Boughrara, equipped with modern equipment to offer to the patients high quality services. More recently the hospital was equipped to receive the renal insufficient patients for meetings of hemodialyses. The city also comprises health centres laid out a little everywhere in the city for consultations of medicine, medical care and for prevention (SME, partners of vaccinations… etc). The hospital of ouenza in addition remains depend on the great hospitals of Annaba and distant Tebessa respectively on 150 km and 75 km as for the assumption of responsibility on the heavy surgical patients (large victims).

Structure and urban morphology

The districts of Ouenza differ in their architecture like in their specificity and urban tendency. One finds there districts built at the time colonial according to the European model and which sheltered the inhabitants of European origin: Central city, Socolon. Others were built to accommodate the Moslem families: City Ben badis, Bir Hachana, Quoted mosque. Whereas the oldest district of the city was called Vieux Bayad was completely éradiqué these last years to yield the place to modern constructions. The city started to widen in particular to invest in a space far from the pollution caused by mining. Districts entirely built in order to accommodate families resulting from the other decayed and precarious districts.

Sport and youthful activity

Ouenza is a city which knew or sporting movement since 1945. With a team made up at that time by Algerians and of the French, and who in particular lately does not cease having experience.

Bowling pitch, called commonly the circle by the population ouenzie where the balls are played. We attended the inauguration of a stage " February 18th " it there a few years and which is regarded as an extraordinary space of meeting of the football teams. Also, a room omnisport is in preparation and which will render an enormous service to the young people who want to practice various sports.

Bonds and Internet sites on the OUENZA

-1 - http://ouenza-up.oldiblog.com/

This Blog was built by young people of the town of Ouenza who wish to change and improve the daily life of the inhabitants of the city, and it is a space of freedom for the young people and all the inhabitants of all categories, men and women, to be expressed and dialog, in order to protect our environment, and to have a city clean, and worthy of its name and its history.

-2 - http://bceinf.ifrance.com/ouenza_infos.htm

This site contains also some information and photographs on Ouenza. it is very interesting to visit these sites for more information.

-3 - http://ouenzanews.free.fr

The site of the newspaper of information of Ouenza city and its surroundings (charter of journalism citizen).

To consult the program of the political parties for the partner of the local elections 2007: http://ouenzanews.free.fr/Les%20municipales%202007.html

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