Taher ( ar, الطاهير, ''Al-Tahir''; arq, أطًهير), is Algerian city, the industrial center of
Jijel Province
Jijel ( ar, ولاية جيجل) is a province (''wilaya'') in Algeria, on the eastern Mediterranean coast. The capital is Jijel (Phoenician name : ''Igilgili''). Taza National Park is located in this province.
History
The province was create ...
, with its industrial area of Ouled Salah, the airport of Achouat-Ferhat Abbas and the port of Djen Djen.
Situation
The municipality of Taher is located in the north of
Jijel Province
Jijel ( ar, ولاية جيجل) is a province (''wilaya'') in Algeria, on the eastern Mediterranean coast. The capital is Jijel (Phoenician name : ''Igilgili''). Taza National Park is located in this province.
History
The province was create ...
.
Localities of the town
Taher is composed of several locations:
* Bazoul
* Laajarda
* Belmamouda
* Beni Metrane
* Bouazem
* Laghjara
* Taher
* Bouachir
* Boubzrène
* Boulzazène
* El Kedia
* Dekkara
* Demina
* Aïn El Hammam
* Boulachour
* Boucherka
* Merdj El Bir
* Ouled Salah
* Ouled-Souici
* Oued Nil
* Oum Djelal
* Tablalte
* Dar El Oued
* T'Har oussaf
* Tleta
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
The Mokrani Revolt ( ar, مقاومة الشيخ المقراني, lit=Resistance of Cheikh El-Mokrani; ber, Unfaq urrumi, lit=French insurrection) was the most important local uprising against France in Algeria since the conquest in 1830.
The r ...
) 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
Personalities
*
Ferhat Abbas, first president of the
Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
The Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic ( ar, الحكومة المؤقتة للجمهورية الجزائرية, ; French: ''Gouvernement provisoire de la République algérienne'') was the government-in-exile of the Algerian Nation ...
.
* Dekhli Mokhtar, one fighter of the
FLN in Taher and the Algerian east.
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
External links
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Jijel news
{{Jijel Province
Communes of Jijel Province