The town is particularly notable for its power plant and accompanying desalination unit.[2] A fishing port recently built there, originally scheduled to open in 2007, became fully operational only in 2016 due to problems with sand accumulation.[3]
After the Punic Wars, it fell under Roman control. Its name was Latinized as Cissi and it was placed into the province of Mauretania Caesariensis. It appeared on the Tabula Peutingeriana.[7] The ruins of a 4th or 5th-century Christian church could still be easily distinguished at Cape Djinet up to the 19th century, but little trace now remains.[7]
After 484, it disappears from written sources for several centuries, including the 7th-8th century Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, only to reappear in the 11th century work of al-Idrisi under the new name of Jannād, after a Berber tribe then living in the area.[8] It was known to medieval European geographers as Berengereto. By the 18th century, Djinet was a small port town serving the farmers of the surrounding lowlands, described by Thomas Shaw in the following terms:
...we come to the little port of Jinnett, from which a great quantity of grain is shipped off yearly to Christendom. Jinnett is a small creek, with tolerably good anchoring grounds before it; and was probably Edrisi's Mers' el Dajaje, or Port of Hens. I was told that Jinnett, or Paradise, was given to this place, on account of a row-boat, which was once very providentially conducted within the creek, when the mariners expected every moment to have perished upon the neighbouring rocks.[9]
The area was conquered by France in 1837 in the wake of the First Battle of the Issers, and remained under French rule until Algeria's independence in 1962.
In 1986, a gas-powered thermal power plant was commissioned at Djinet, manufactured by Siemens with a capacity of 704 MW.[10]
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At a Conference of Carthage (411) between Catholic and schismatic Donatist bishops, where their heresy was condemned as such, Cissi was represented only by a Donatist bishop named Flavosus. The Latin adjective referring to Cissi, Cissitanus, is applied to him in the account of that conference. In the 19th century, Morcelli took the adjective Cessitanus to refer to Cissi, and supposed instead that the name of the Cissi bishop at the conference was Quodvultdeus, whom Ferron rather attributed to the see of Cissita,[7][11] which was in Africa Proconsularis and presently in Tunisia (Sidi-Tabet?).
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 (via Zemmouri) and Bejaia in the east (via Dellys).[13]
^. Archived from the original on 5 October 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
^Mourad Amitouche & Boualem Remini (2016) Operation of Cap Djinet desalination plant and dilution of brine with power station cooling water, Desalination and Water Treatment, 57:8, 3514-3521, DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.987824
^Port mixte de Cap Djinet : Une nouvelle halle aux poissons; Boumerdès Port de pêche de Cap Djinet : du sable, en attendant le poisson
^Thomas Shaw, 3rd ed. 1808 (1st ed. 1738), Travels Or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant: Illustrated with Copperplates, Volume 1, p. 88
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Djinet Arabic جن ات Jannat the classical Cissi is a port town and commune in the Bordj Menaiel District of Boumerdes 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 1 Djinet جناتCommune and townDjinetCoordinates 36 52 37 N 3 43 23 E 36 876977 N 3 723121 E 36 876977 3 723121Country AlgeriaProvinceBoumerdesDistrictBordj MenailPopulation 2008 Total21 966Time zoneUTC 1 CET The town is particularly notable for its power plant and accompanying desalination unit 2 A fishing port recently built there originally scheduled to open in 2007 became fully operational only in 2016 due to problems with sand accumulation 3 Contents 1 History 1 1 Ecclesiastical history 2 Transport 3 Notable people 4 See also 5 References 5 1 Citations 5 2 BibliographyHistory editDjinet was a Phoenician and Carthaginian colony under the name Kissi or Kishi Punic 𐤊 𐤔 KS if Lipinski s interpretation of an inscription 4 found there is accepted 5 The name was hellenized as Kissḗ 6 After the Punic Wars it fell under Roman control Its name was Latinized as Cissi and it was placed into the province of Mauretania Caesariensis It appeared on the Tabula Peutingeriana 7 The ruins of a 4th or 5th century Christian church could still be easily distinguished at Cape Djinet up to the 19th century but little trace now remains 7 After 484 it disappears from written sources for several centuries including the 7th 8th century Muslim conquest of the Maghreb only to reappear in the 11th century work of al Idrisi under the new name of Jannad after a Berber tribe then living in the area 8 It was known to medieval European geographers as Berengereto By the 18th century Djinet was a small port town serving the farmers of the surrounding lowlands described by Thomas Shaw in the following terms we come to the little port of Jinnett from which a great quantity of grain is shipped off yearly to Christendom Jinnett is a small creek with tolerably good anchoring grounds before it and was probably Edrisi s Mers el Dajaje or Port of Hens I was told that Jinnett or Paradise was given to this place on account of a row boat which was once very providentially conducted within the creek when the mariners expected every moment to have perished upon the neighbouring rocks 9 The area was conquered by France in 1837 in the wake of the First Battle of the Issers and remained under French rule until Algeria s independence in 1962 In 1986 a gas powered thermal power plant was commissioned at Djinet manufactured by Siemens with a capacity of 704 MW 10 Ecclesiastical history edit Roman Cissi was a Christian bishopric suffragan to the metropolitan of Carthage The names of two of its bishops are known This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items November 2018 At a Conference of Carthage 411 between Catholic and schismatic Donatist bishops where their heresy was condemned as such Cissi was represented only by a Donatist bishop named Flavosus The Latin adjective referring to Cissi Cissitanus is applied to him in the account of that conference In the 19th century Morcelli took the adjective Cessitanus to refer to Cissi and supposed instead that the name of the Cissi bishop at the conference was Quodvultdeus whom Ferron rather attributed to the see of Cissita 7 11 which was in Africa Proconsularis and presently in Tunisia Sidi Tabet In 484 Bishop Reparatus of Cissi was one of the Catholic bishops whom the Arian king Huneric of the Vandal Kingdom summoned to Carthage and then exiled like most Catholic bishops 7 11 The diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as the Catholic titular bishopric of Cissi Latin dioecesis Cissitana 12 Its bishops have been Jean de Capistran Aime Cayer OFM 1949 06 17 1978 04 13 Augusto Vargas Alzamora SJ 1978 06 08 1989 12 30 Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo MCCJ 1990 02 02 2008 07 23 Enrique Eguia Segui 2008 09 04 to present Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Buenos AiresTransport editDjinet is connected to the rest of the country through a single main road RN 24 a coastal road leading to Algiers in the west via Zemmouri and Bejaia in the east via Dellys 13 Notable people editMain article List of people from Boumerdes ProvinceSee also edit nbsp Algeria portalList of Catholic dioceses in AlgeriaReferences editCitations edit Recensement Genaral de la Population et de l Habitat Archived from the original on 5 October 2014 Retrieved 3 January 2019 Mourad Amitouche amp Boualem Remini 2016 Operation of Cap Djinet desalination plant and dilution of brine with power station cooling water Desalination and Water Treatment 57 8 3514 3521 DOI 10 1080 19443994 2014 987824 Port mixte de Cap Djinet Une nouvelle halle aux poissons Boumerdes Port de peche de Cap Djinet du sable en attendant le poisson KAI 170 𐤍𐤑 𐤁 𐤆 𐤀𐤔 𐤍𐤃𐤓 𐤅𐤀𐤔 𐤈 𐤍𐤀 𐤃𐤓𐤊 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤄𐤔𐤊𐤔𐤉 𐤀𐤔 𐤁𐤏𐤌 𐤋𐤊𐤔 𐤋𐤀 𐤃𐤍 Lipinski 2004 p 401 Ptol Geogr a b c d J Ferron v Cissi in Dictionnaire d Histoire et de Geographie ecclesiastiques vol XII Parigi 1953 coll 851 852 J P Laporte Cissi Encyclopedie berbere Thomas Shaw 3rd ed 1808 1st ed 1738 Travels Or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant Illustrated with Copperplates Volume 1 p 88 Siemens Algeria infoElec 18 October 2016 a b Stefano Antonio Morcelli Africa christiana Volume I Brescia 1816 p 138 Annuario Pontificio 2013 Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978 88 209 9070 1 p 871 Atlas Routier de l Algerie Wilaya de Boumerdes Archived from the original on 15 March 2019 Retrieved 3 January 2019 Bibliography edit GCatholic former amp titular bishopric Ferron J 1953 Cissi Dictionnaire d Histoire et de Geographie Ecclesiastiques vol XII Paris col 851 852 a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Lipinski Edward 2004 Itineraria Phoenicia Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta No 127 Studia Phoenicia Vol XVIII Leuven Uitgeverij Peeters ISBN 9789042913448 Morcelli Stefano Antonio 1816 Africa Christiana vol I Brescia p 138 36 53 N 3 43 E 36 883 N 3 717 E 36 883 3 717 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Djinet amp oldid 1176351382, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
