Aïn Témouchent
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| name = Aïn Témouchent
| official_name =
| native_name = عين تموشنت
| native_name_lang = ar
| type = City
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| image_caption = Location of the city within Aïn Témouchent province
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| map_caption = Location of Aïn Témouchent, Algeria within Aïn Témouchent Province
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Aïn Témouchent within Algeria
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| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Aïn Témouchent
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Aïn Témouchent District
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| seat_type = District seat
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| leader_title = PMA Seats
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 78.93
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 296
| population_total = 75558
| population_as_of = 2010
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| timezone1 = CET
| utc_offset1 = +01
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 46000
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| blank_info = 4601
| blank1_name = Climate
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Aïn Témouchent ({{langx|ar|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. 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.[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/10555/Ain-Temouchent Encyclopædia Britannica, "Aïn Temouchent"] It was made the capital of the local subprefecture in 1955, and then the capital of the wilaya Aïn Témouchent in 1983. {{Citation |title=Aïn Témouchent |date=2023-09-23 |url=https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A%C3%AFn_T%C3%A9mouchent&oldid=208124704 |work=Wikipédia |access-date=2023-11-10 |language=fr}} 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
{{Historical populations
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| 1901 | 7000
| 1948 | 20800
| 1954 | 25200
| 1966 | 30500
| 1977 | 29800
| 1987 | 47500
| 1998 | 55200
}}
References
{{Portal|Algeria}}
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{{Province seats of Algeria}}
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Category:Communes of Aïn Témouchent Province
Category:Province seats of Algeria
Category:Populated places established in 1851
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