Aïn Témouchent
City in Algeria
Aïn Témouchent عين تموشنت | |
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City | |
 Location of Aïn Témouchent, Algeria within Aïn Témouchent Province | |
| 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)[1] | |
| • 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.[2] 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.[2] It was made the capital of the local subprefecture in 1955, and then the capital of the wilaya Aïn Témouchent in 1983. [3] 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
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1901 | 7,000 | — |
| 1948 | 20,800 | +197.1% |
| 1954 | 25,200 | +21.2% |
| 1966 | 30,500 | +21.0% |
| 1977 | 29,800 | −2.3% |
| 1987 | 47,500 | +59.4% |
| 1998 | 55,200 | +16.2% |
| Source: Populstat[4] | ||
References
Algeria portal
- ^ Site officiel de la wilaya d'Aïn Témouchent Présentation / Population Archived 2010-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Encyclopædia Britannica, "Aïn Temouchent"
- ^ "Aïn Témouchent", Wikipédia (in French), 2023-09-23, retrieved 2023-11-10
- ^ populstat.info Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
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