Tiaret () is a

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Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

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Tiaret Tiaret () or Tahert () is a major city in northwestern Algeria that gives its name to the wider farming region of Tiaret Province. Both the town and region lie south-west of the capital of Algiers in the western region of the Hautes Plaines, i ...

. The National Stud Farm of Chaouchaoua is located in the province of Tiaret.

History

The province was created from El Asnam department and Tiaret department in 1974. In 1984, Tissemsilt Province was carved out of its territory.

Administrative division

The province is divided into 14

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daïra A daïra or daerah ( ''circle''; plural ''dawaïr'') is an administrative division in Algeria and Western Sahara in West Africa, as well as Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia in Southeast Asia. It is commonly translated in English as "district". Wes ...

s''), which are further divided into 42 ''communes'' or municipalities.

Districts

# Aïn Deheb # Aïn Kermes # Dahmouni # Frenda # Hamadia # Ksar Chellala #

Mahdia Mahdia ( ') is a Tunisian coastal city with 76,513 inhabitants, south of Monastir, Tunisia, Monastir and southeast of Sousse. Mahdia is a provincial centre north of Sfax. It is important for the associated fish-processing industry, as well as w ...

# Mechraâ Sfa # Medroussa # Meghila # Oued Lili # Rahouia # Sogueur #

Communes

# Aïn Bouchekif # Aïn Deheb # Aïn El Hadid # Aïn Kermes # Aïn Zarit #

Bougara Bougara is a town in the Mitija, Mitidja plain in Algeria, about 20 kilometers due south of Algiers. Located on the N29, the main road between Blida and Larbaâ (Blida Province), Larbaâ, it is the capital of Bougara District, in Blida Province. ...

# Chehaima # Dahmouni # Djebilet Rosfa # Djillali Ben Omar # Faidja # Frenda # Guertoufa # Hamadia # Ksar Chellala # Madna #

# Mechraa Safa # Medrissa # Medroussa # Meghila # Mellakou # Nadorah #

Naima "Naima" ( ) is a jazz ballad composed by John Coltrane in 1959 that he named after his then-wife, Juanita Naima Grubbs. Coltrane first recorded it for his 1959 album '' Giant Steps'', and it became one of his first well-known works. History Co ...

# Oued Lilli # Rahouia # Rechaiga # Sebaine # Sebt # Serghine # Si Abdelghani # Sidi Abderrahmane # Sidi Ali Mellal # Sidi Bakhti # Sidi Hosni # Sougueur # Tagdemt # Takhemaret #

# Tidda # Tousnina # Zmalet El Emir Abdelkader

References

External links

Official website
Provinces of Algeria States and territories established in 1974 {{Tiaret-geo-stub