Aïn Témouchent () is a
city
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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
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, 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.
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History
The town was founded in 1851 by Spanish
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immigrants, who built on what had been the site of Roman
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Albulae
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and Arab Ksar ibn Senar.[Encyclopædia Britannica, "Aïn Temouchent"]
/ref> It was made the capital of the local subprefecture in 1955, and then the capital of the wilaya Aïn Témouchent in 1983. USD
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granted by the World Bank
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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
Communes of Aïn Témouchent Province
Province seats of Algeria
Populated places established in 1851
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