Taher
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Taher
|native_name = {{lang|ar|الطاهير}}
| other_name = Tahir
|settlement_type = City and Commune
|motto = "From the people, for the people"
|image_skyline = Vue Générale sur Taher (Algérie).JPG
|imagesize =
|image_caption = Taher
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|image_map = DZ 18 Taher.svg
|mapsize = 180px
|map_caption = Location of Taher in the Jijel Province
|pushpin_map = Algeria
|pushpin_label_position = bottom
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location of Taher in the Algeria
|coordinates = {{coord|36|46|19|N|5|53|54|E|type:city_region:DZ|display=inline,title}}
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Algeria}}
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Jijel Province
|subdivision_type2 = District
|subdivision_name2 = Taher District
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|government_footnotes =
|government_type = Municipality
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Hafid Boumahrouk[http://www.jijel.info/content/des-jeunes-%C3%A9lus-majoritaires-aux-%C3%A9lections-communales Jijel Info] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105155109/http://www.jijel.info/content/des-jeunes-%C3%A9lus-majoritaires-aux-%C3%A9lections-communales |date=2013-01-05 }} (RND)
|established_title = APC
|established_date = 2012-2017
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|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_footnotes =
|area_total_km2 = 77367
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|population_as_of = 2008
|population_footnotes =
|population_note =
|population_total = 78500 [http://www.ons.dz/collections/w18_p1.pdf ONS Statistic (Jijel province)]
|population_density_km2 = 1210,3
|timezone = CET
|utc_offset = +1
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|iso_code = CP
|postal_code_type = Postal code
|postal_code = 18200
18002
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Taher ({{langx|ar|الطاهير}}, Al-Tahir; {{langx|arq|أطًهير}}), is Algerian city, the industrial center of Jijel Province, with its industrial area of Ouled Salah, the Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport and the port of Djen Djen.
Geography
=Situation=
The municipality of Taher Bastawala is located in the north of Jijel Province.
=Localities of the town=
Taher is composed of several locations:
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- Bazoul
- Laajarda
- Belmamouda
- Beni Metrane
- Bouazem
- Laghjara
- Taher
- Bouachir
- Boubzrène
- Boulzazène
- El Kedia
- Dekkara
- Demina
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- Aïn El Hammam
- Boulachour
- Boucherka
- Merdj El Bir
- Ouled Salah
- Ouled-Souici
- Oued Nil
- Oum Djelal
- Tablalte
- Dar El Oued
- T'Har oussaf
- Tleta
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History
The present city is located on the site of an ancient city - dating back to Ottoman period - it was built on aboriginal lands hunted in the nearby mountains, after the revolt of 1871 (see Mokrani Revolt) time of occupation of Algeria by France, whose population was expropriated, including: the plain of Oued Djen-djen, Telata, the Ouled Bel Afou, Wadi Nile Beni Afar, Beni Siar, Beni khatab, and the immediate vicinity of the current city
Notable people
- Ferhat Abbas, first president of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic.
- Dekhli Mokhtar, one fighter of the FLN in Taher and the Algerian east.
Gallery
File:Mosquée sidi yahia taher.jpg|Sidi Yahia Mosque in downtown of Taher.
File:Taher eglise.jpg|The church Taher.
File:12 Taher Ville (6).jpg|Sidi Yahia Mosque in downtown of Taher.
File:12 Taher Ville (3).jpg|The church Taher (Downtown).
References
{{Portal|Algeria}}
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External links
{{Commons category|Taher}}
- {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.jijel.info Jijel news]
{{Jijel Province}}