Aïn Témouchent

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Aïn Témouchent عين تموشنت
City
Location of Aïn Témouchent, Algeria within Aïn Témouchent Province
Aïn TémouchentLocation of Aïn Témouchent within Algeria
Coordinates: 35°18′N 1°08′W / 35.300°N 1.133°W / 35.300; -1.133
Country	Algeria
Province	Aïn Témouchent
District	Aïn Témouchent District
Government
• PMA Seats	11
Area
• Total	78.93 km2 (30.48 sq mi)
Elevation	296 m (971 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	75,558
• Density	960/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
Postal code	46000
ONS code	4601
Climate	Csa

Aïn Témouchent (Arabic: عين تموشنت) is a city in north-western Algeria, it is the capital of Aïn Témouchent Province. Aïn Témouchent is located 72 km (or 44.7 miles) south-west of Oran, a city with which it is closely associated, and 63 km (or 39.1 miles) west of Sidi Bel Abbès. Known as "la Florissante", it is set in a narrow, fertile basaltic valley amid vineyards and orchards. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 75,558.

History

The town was founded in 1851 by Spanish immigrants, who built on what had been the site of Roman Albulae and Arab Ksar ibn Senar. It was made the capital of the local subprefecture in 1955, and then the capital of the wilaya Aïn Témouchent in 1983. Prior to the end of colonization, the region was a large producer of wine.

In 1999, the town was devastated by a large earthquake. A loan of 83.5 million USD granted by the World Bank to the Algerian government enabled the rapid reconstruction of the city, among the best developed in Algeria: a new city, a hospital, a one-hectare public garden, were built and inaugurated in December 2003.

Population over time

References

1. ^ Site officiel de la wilaya d'Aïn Témouchent Présentation / Population Archived 2010-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ a b Encyclopædia Britannica, "Aïn Temouchent"
3. ^ "Aïn Témouchent", Wikipédia (in French), 2023-09-23, retrieved 2023-11-10
4. ^ populstat.info Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

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v t e Aïn Témouchent Province
Capital:Aïn Témouchent
Districts	Aïn Kihel Aïn Larbaâ Aïn Témouchent Béni Saf El Amria El Malah Hammam Bou Hadjar Oulhassa Gheraba
Communes	Aghlal Aïn El Arbaa Aïn Kihal Aïn Témouchent Aïn Tolba Aoubellil Beni Saf Bou Zedjar Chaabet El Ham Chentouf El Amria El Emir Abdelkader El Malah El Messaid Hammam Bouhadjar Hassasna Hassi El Ghella Oued Berkeche Oued Sabah Ouled Boudjemaa Ouled Kihal Oulhaça El Gheraba Sidi Ben Adda Sidi Boumedienne Sidi Ouriache Sidi Safi Tamzoura Terga

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