Djinet


Djinet, the classical Cissi, is a port town and commune in the Bordj Menaïel District of Boumerdès Province, Algeria, east of the mouth of the Isser River and around Cape Djinet. As of 2008, the population of the municipality is 21,966.
The town is particularly notable for its power plant and accompanying desalination unit. A fishing port recently built there, originally scheduled to open in 2007, became fully operational only in 2016 due to problems with sand accumulation.

History

Djinet was a Phoenician and Carthaginian colony under the name Kissi or Kishi (?

Ecclesiastical history

Roman Cissi was a Christian bishopric, suffragan to the metropolitan of Carthage. The names of two of its bishops are known:
The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as the Catholic titular bishopric of Cissi. Its bishops have been:
Djinet is connected to the rest of the country through a single main road: RN 24, a coastal road leading to Algiers in the west and Bejaia in the east.

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