Ibn Ziad

Ibn Ziad is a commune of the wilaya of Constantine, in eastern Algeria. The town is the seat of the daira, or district, of Ibn Ziad, which also includes Messaoud Boudjriou. In the French period the village was called Rouffach. Settlers from Alsace gave it this name, after the town of Rouffach near Colmar. It had 18,861 inhabitants at the 2008 census (ONS). Its places include Djebel Cheikh Zouaoui and the zaouia of Cheikh Zouaoui.