Corso (City in Algeria)

This article is about Corso. For other uses, see Corso (disambiguation).

Corso (قورصو in Arabic) is a city in Boumerdès Province, Algeria located 25 km east of Algiers. According to the 2008 census, this town has a population of 20,705.^[1]

Corso, Boumerdés قورصو
Commune and town
Corso, Boumerdés
Coordinates: 36.756500°N 3.43333°E / 36.756500; 3.43333
Country	Algeria
Province	Boumerdès Province
District	Boumerdès District
Area
• Total	8.65 sq mi (22.41 km2)
Population  (2008)
• Total	20,705
• Density	2,390/sq mi (924/km2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Area code	3519

Localities

The municipality is composed of two main cities, the city of Corso (chief town), and the agglomeration of Berrahmoune and several secondary agglomerations like Traykia, Haouch Mahfoud Ben Abdelkader, and Ouled Ben Bakhta.

History

• First Battle of the Issers (1837)

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Boumerdès Province