Taher ( ar, الطاهير, ''Al-Tahir''; arq, أطًهير), is Algerian city, the industrial center of Jijel Province, with its industrial area of Ouled Salah, the airport of Achouat-Ferhat Abbas and the port of Djen Djen.

Situation

The municipality of Taher is located in the north of Jijel Province.

Localities of the town

Taher is composed of several locations: * Bazoul * Laajarda * Belmamouda * Beni Metrane * Bouazem * Laghjara * Taher * Bouachir * Boubzrène * Boulzazène * El Kedia * Dekkara * Demina * Aïn El Hammam * Boulachour * Boucherka * Merdj El Bir * Ouled Salah * Ouled-Souici * Oued Nil * Oum Djelal * Tablalte * Dar El Oued * T'Har oussaf * Tleta

History

The present city is located on the site of an ancient city - dating back to Ottoman period - it was built on aboriginal lands hunted in the nearby mountains, after the revolt of 1871 (see Mokrani Revolt) time of occupation of Algeria by France, whose population was expropriated, including: the plain of Oued Djen-djen, Telata, the Ouled Bel Afou, Wadi Nile Beni Afar, Beni Siar, Beni khatab, and the immediate vicinity of the current city

Personalities

Ferhat Abbas Ferhat is a Turkish given name and the Turkish spelling of the Persian name Ferhad ( fa, فرهاد, ''farhād''). It may refer to: Given name Ferhad * Ferhad Ayaz (born 1994), Turkish-Swedish footballer * Ferhad Pasha Sokolović 16th-century Ott ...

, first president of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic. * Dekhli Mokhtar, one fighter of the FLN in Taher and the Algerian east. File:Mosquée sidi yahia taher.jpg, Sidi Yahia Mosque in downtown of Taher. File:Taher eglise.jpg, The church Taher. File:12 Taher Ville (6).jpg, Sidi Yahia Mosque in downtown of Taher. File:12 Taher Ville (3).jpg, The church Taher (Downtown).

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