Tadjena
36°19′N 1°08′E / 36.317°N 1.133°E / 36.317; 1.133
Commune and town in Chlef Province, Algeria
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Commune and town | |
Country | Algeria |
Province | Chlef Province |
District | Abou El Hassan |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Tadjena (Arabic: تدجنة) (formerly Fromentin) is a town in the Dahra mountains in Chlef Province in central Algeria, with a population of about 23,000; its altitude is 438 m.
History
The settlement of Tadjena was originally named after Eugene Fromentin, a French painter and poet who spent a lot of time in Algeria. The Tadjena massacre in 1997 occurred in two villages nearby.
Further reading
- Chlef.net
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Chlef Province
Capital: Chlef
- Abou El Hassen
- Ain Merane
- Benairia
- Beni Bouateb
- Beni Haoua
- Beni Rached
- Boukadir
- Bouzghaia
- Breira
- Chettia
- Chlef
- Dahra
- El Hadjadj
- El Karimia
- El Marsa
- Harchoun
- Harenfa
- Labiod Medjadja
- Moussadek
- Oued Fodda
- Oued Gousine
- Oued Sly
- Ouled Abbes
- Ouled Ben Abdelkader
- Ouled Fares
- Oum Drou
- Sendjas
- Sidi Abderrahmane
- Sidi Akkacha
- Sobha
- Tadjna
- Talassa
- Taougrit
- Ténès
- Zeboudja
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