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Tlemcen Province
Tlemcen (Arabic: ولاية تلمسان, Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵡⵉⵍⴰⵢⵜ ⵏ ⵜⵍⴻⵎⵙⵉⵏ) is a province (wilaya) in northwestern Algeria. It is located southwest of Oran. According to the 2008 census, the province has a population of 945,525.
Tlemcen Province lies among the Tlemcen Mountains and the Trara Mountains. The province is home to a set of agricultural plains located in its southern and western parts. The Algerian Steppes run through its south. Located in northwestern Algeria, it has an area of 9,017.69 km2. It is bordered by Morocco to the west, Naama to the south, Sidi-Bel-Abbes to the east, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north. It has a Mediterranean coastline of about 120 kilometers.
Tlemcen Province has a forest cover of 225,000 ha, consisting of forest, scrub, and brush. With an afforestation rate of 24%, the province is considered to have a forestry vocation. However, forest cover is unevenly distributed; more than 80% of silvicultural potential is concentrated in the Tlemcen Mountains.
The main forests are dominated by aleppo pines, holm oaks, thujas, junipers, cork oaks, and various other tree species. The most forested municipalities, with forest cover ranging from a third to two thirds of their territory, are located in the western parts of Tlemcen Mountains. (Beni Boussaid, Beni Snous, Beni Bahdel, Azails, Bouhlou)
The province is dominated by a Mediteranean climate throughout its land mass with hot summers and cool/dry winters. However, Tlemcen Province also includes two small pockets of semi-arid climates, one hot and the other cold. Rainfall is generally subject to inter-annual irregularity.
Near the end of the 2nd century, the Romans founded the ancient military outpost of Pomaria on the present-day location of Tlemcen. Over time, the region became the center of a large Christian population lasting up to the Arab invasions. By the 7th century, Islam was introduced into the region via Abu al-Muhajir Dinar, and the city of Agadir took Pomaria's place.
The region then experienced the reigns of the Almoravid and Almohad dynasties respectively. After the collapse of the Almohad dynasty, the Zayyanid dynasty, who ruled the Kingdom of Tlemcen, began their reign over the region. Shortly after, they made Tlemcen their capital. When the Zayyanids collapsed, the region became attached to the Regency of Algiers.
At the start of the French conquest of Algeria, the Treaty of Tafna in 1837 elected Emir Abdelkader as the governor of Tlemcen and surrounding areas. After the Algerian War, the province was created from the French Oran Department in 1974.
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Tlemcen Province
Tlemcen (Arabic: ولاية تلمسان, Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵡⵉⵍⴰⵢⵜ ⵏ ⵜⵍⴻⵎⵙⵉⵏ) is a province (wilaya) in northwestern Algeria. It is located southwest of Oran. According to the 2008 census, the province has a population of 945,525.
Tlemcen Province lies among the Tlemcen Mountains and the Trara Mountains. The province is home to a set of agricultural plains located in its southern and western parts. The Algerian Steppes run through its south. Located in northwestern Algeria, it has an area of 9,017.69 km2. It is bordered by Morocco to the west, Naama to the south, Sidi-Bel-Abbes to the east, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north. It has a Mediterranean coastline of about 120 kilometers.
Tlemcen Province has a forest cover of 225,000 ha, consisting of forest, scrub, and brush. With an afforestation rate of 24%, the province is considered to have a forestry vocation. However, forest cover is unevenly distributed; more than 80% of silvicultural potential is concentrated in the Tlemcen Mountains.
The main forests are dominated by aleppo pines, holm oaks, thujas, junipers, cork oaks, and various other tree species. The most forested municipalities, with forest cover ranging from a third to two thirds of their territory, are located in the western parts of Tlemcen Mountains. (Beni Boussaid, Beni Snous, Beni Bahdel, Azails, Bouhlou)
The province is dominated by a Mediteranean climate throughout its land mass with hot summers and cool/dry winters. However, Tlemcen Province also includes two small pockets of semi-arid climates, one hot and the other cold. Rainfall is generally subject to inter-annual irregularity.
Near the end of the 2nd century, the Romans founded the ancient military outpost of Pomaria on the present-day location of Tlemcen. Over time, the region became the center of a large Christian population lasting up to the Arab invasions. By the 7th century, Islam was introduced into the region via Abu al-Muhajir Dinar, and the city of Agadir took Pomaria's place.
The region then experienced the reigns of the Almoravid and Almohad dynasties respectively. After the collapse of the Almohad dynasty, the Zayyanid dynasty, who ruled the Kingdom of Tlemcen, began their reign over the region. Shortly after, they made Tlemcen their capital. When the Zayyanids collapsed, the region became attached to the Regency of Algiers.
At the start of the French conquest of Algeria, the Treaty of Tafna in 1837 elected Emir Abdelkader as the governor of Tlemcen and surrounding areas. After the Algerian War, the province was created from the French Oran Department in 1974.
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