Dellys

Dellys 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, 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.HistoryIt 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.BombingOn 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 DellysEcclesiastical historyIn Roman times, Rusuccuru became an episcopal see. The names of a few of its bishops are known: Fortunatus (mentioned in 411) Optatus (a Donatist mentioned in 411) Ninellus (mentioned in 419) Metcum (mentioned in 484)Titular see of RusuccuruNo 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.