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Hautes Plaines
The Hautes Plaines ("High Plains", ), also known in French as Hauts Plateaux, is a steppe-like natural region located in the Atlas Mountains in northern Algeria. It stretches more than in an east northeast – west southwest direction from northeastern Morocco to the Aures. It is a high plateau area consisting of undulating, steppe-like alluvial plains lying between the Tell and Saharan Atlas ranges. Geography The ''Hautes Plaines'' region averages between 1,100 and 1,300 m in elevation in the west, dropping to 400 m in the east. The climate is characterized by very dry summers and cold winters. Generally the climate is so dry that these plains are sometimes thought of as part of the Sahara. The plateau area is covered by alluvial debris formed when the mountains eroded. An occasional ridge projects through the alluvial cover to interrupt the monotony of the landscape. Water collects during the wet season on its level terrain, forming large shallow salt lakes which beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ksar Sbahi
Ksar Sbahi is a town and commune in Oum El Bouaghi Province, Algeria and the site of Ancient Gadiaufala, a Roman city and former bishopric, now a Latin Catholic titular see. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 11,095. History Gadiaufala was important enough in the Roman province of Numidia to become a suffragan bishopric of its capital's Metropolitan Archbishop of ?Cirta, but later faded. Titular see The diocese was nominally restored as a titular bishopric in 1933. It has had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (episcopal) rank : * Luciano José Cabral Duarte (1966.07.14 – 1971.02.12), as Auxiliary Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil) (1966.07.14 – 1971.02.12); later succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aracaju (1971.02.12 – 1998.08.26), First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1979 – 1983) * Rodolfo Quezada Toruño (1972.04.05 – 1975.09.11), as Auxiliary Bishop of Zacapa (Guatemala) (1972.04.05 – 1975.09.11), promoted Coad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt Pan (geology)
Natural salt pans or salt flats are flat expanses of ground covered with salt and other minerals, usually shining white under the sun. They are found in deserts and are natural formations (unlike salt evaporation ponds, which are artificial). A salt pan forms by evaporation of a water pool, such as a lake or pond. This happens in climates where the rate of water evaporation exceeds the rate of that is, in a desert. If the water cannot drain into the ground, it remains on the surface until it evaporates, leaving behind minerals precipitated from the salt ions Solution (chemistry), dissolved in the water. Over thousands of years, the minerals (usually salts) accumulate on the surface. These minerals reflect the sun's rays and often appear as white areas. Salt pans can be dangerous. The crust of salt can conceal a quagmire of mud that can engulf a truck. The Qattara Depression in the eastern Sahara Desert contains many such traps which served as strategic barriers during World War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tébessa Province
Tébessa () is a provinces of Algeria, province (''wilayah'') of Algeria. Tébessa is also the name of the capital, which in ancient times it was known as ''Theveste''. Another important city is El Ouenza. Tébessa is located only 20 kilometers west of the Tunisian border. History The province was created from Annaba department and Batna (département) in 1974. In 1984 Khenchela Province was carved out of its territory. Administrative divisions The province is divided into 12 Districts of Algeria, districts (''daïras''), which are further divided into 28 communes of Algeria, ''communes'' or municipalities. Districts # Bir El Ater District, Bir El Ater # Bir Mokadem District, Bir Mokadem # Cheria District, Cheria # El Aouïnet District, El Aouïnet # El Kouif District, El Kouif # El Ma Labiodh District, El Ma Labiodh # El Ogla District, El Ogla # Morsott District, Morsott # Negrine District, Negrine # Ouenza District, Ouenza # Oum Ali District, Oum Ali # Tebessa District, Teb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khenchela Province
Khenchela Province () is a provinces of Algeria, province (''wilaya'') in the Aures, Aurès region in Algeria. History The province was created from parts of Oum el Bouaghi Province and Tébessa Province in 1984. Administrative division The province is divided into 8 districts of Algeria, districts, which are further divided into 21 communes of Algeria, ''communes'' or municipalities. Districts # Khenchela District, Khenchela, as a district and capital Khenchela # Aïn Touila District, Aïn Touila, located northeast of the capital # Babar District, Babar, located south of the capital # Bouhmama District, Bouhmama, located west of the capital # Chechar District, Chechar, located south of the capital # El Hamma District, El Hamma, located west of the capital # Kaïs District, Kaïs, located west of the capital # Ouled Rechache District, Ouled Rechache, located east of the capital Communes # Aïn Touila # Babar, Algeria, Babar # Baghai # Bouhmama # Chelia # Cherchar # Djel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batna Province
Batna Province (, Latn, ar, Wilāyat Bātnah) is a provinces of Algeria, province of Algeria, in the region of Aurès. The capital is Batna (city), Batna. Localities in this province include N'Gaous, Merouana and Timgad. Belezma National Park is in the Belezma Range area of the province. Administrative divisions It is made up of 21 districts of Algeria, districts and 61 Communes of Algeria, municipalities. The districts are: # Aïn Djasser District, Aïn Djasser # Aïn Touta District, Aïn Touta # Arris District, Arris # Barika District, Barika # Batna District, Batna # Bouzina District, Bouzina # Chemora District, Chemora # Djezzar District, Djezzar # El Madher District, El Madher # Ichmoul District, Ichmoul # Menaâ District, Menaâ # Merouana District, Merouana # N'Gaous District, N'Gaous # Ouled Si Slimane District, Ouled Si Slimane # Ras El Aioun District, Ras El Aioun # Seggana District, Seggana # Seriana District, Seriana # T'Kout District, T'Kout # Tazoult District, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sétif Province
Sétif Province (, ) is a province ('' wilaya'') in north-eastern Algeria. Its capital and largest city is Sétif; the next largest city is El Eulma. There is also the World Heritage Site of Djémila there. History In 1984 Bordj Bou Arréridj Province and Mila Province were carved out of its territory. Administrative divisions The province is divided into 20 districts ('' daïras''), which are further divided into 60 ''communes'' or municipalities. Districts * Aïn Arnat * Aïn Azel * Aïn El Kébira * Aïn Oulmane * Amoucha * Babor * Béni Aziz * Béni Ourtilane * Bir El Arch * Bouandas * Bougaâ * Djémila * El Eulma * Guenzet * Guidjel * Hammam Guergour * Hammam Souhna * Maoklane * Salah Bey * Sétif Communes * Aïn Abessa * Aïn Arnat * Aïn Azel * Aïn El Kébira * Aïn Azel * Aïn Lahdjar * Aïn Legraj * Aïn Oulmane * Aïn Roua * Aïn Sebt * Aït Naoual Mezada * Aït Tizi * Amoucha * Babor * Bazer Sakhra * Beidha Bordj * Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M'Sila, Algeria
M'sila (also spelled Msila) (); is the capital of M'Sila Province, Algeria, and is co-extensive with M'sila District. It has a population of 132,975 as per the 2008 census. M'sila University is also located in this city. History The city was founded under the name al-Muhammadiya, named after the second Fatimid caliph, al-Qa'im, during the latter's campaign against the rebellious Berber tribes of central Algeria. Meant to cement Fatimid control over the Hodna plain, the construction of the city was entrusted to Ali ibn Hamdun al-Andalusi, who became its first governor. Much building material for the new city was taken from a nearby ruined Roman city (likely Lambaesis or Timgad). M'sila was the location of the first village constructed as part of a government-run program to transition nomadic Algerians to sedentary life using local materials. The village, now complete, was dubbed Maader and consists of houses, public and trading areas, and a mosque. Today it is much more de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djelfa
Djelfa () is the capital city of Djelfa Province, Algeria and the site of ancient city and former bishopric Fallaba, which remains a Latin catholic titular see. It has a population of 520622 (2019 census). The city lies at the junction of the N1 and the N46 roads. History The area is notable for its abundance of Neolithic rock carvings dating from 7000 to 5000 BC. North of Djelfa town there is an imposing physical feature known as Rocher de Sel (English: Salt Rock) that resulted from the erosion of rock salts and marls by rain. To the west of the town Megalithic funerary structures are found. During the Roman Empire, a Roman town called Fallaba was built on the site of Djelfa.Fallaba at www.gcatholic.org That town lasted unto |
Tiaret
Tiaret () or Tahert () is a major city in northwestern Algeria that gives its name to the wider farming region of Tiaret Province. Both the town and region lie south-west of the capital of Algiers in the western region of the Hautes Plaines, in the Tell Atlas, and about from the Mediterranean coast. It is served by Abdelhafid Boussouf Bou Chekif Airport. Etymology The name means "Lioness" in the Berber language, a reference to the Barbary lions that lived in this region. Maghrebian place names like Oran (''Wahran'') which means "lion", and Souk Ahras which means "Market of Lions" have the same etymological source. Population The town had a population of 178,915 in 2008. The town covered around 20.086.62 km2. Infrastructure and industry A 1992 study by the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis reported significant areas contaminated by industrial pollution, and growing squatter settlements on the periphery. The region is predominantly one of agriculture. There is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sétif
Sétif () is the capital city of the Sétif Province and the 5th most populous city of Algeria, with an estimated population of 1.866.845 in 2017). It is one of the most important cities of eastern Algeria and the country as a whole, since it is considered the trade capital of the country and an industrial pole with 3 industrial zones within the borders of the city. It is an inner city, situated in the eastern side of Algeria, 270 kilometers east of Algiers, 131 km west of Constantine, in the Hautes Plaines region south of Béjaia and Jijel. The city is at 1,100 meters of altitude. The city was part of the Phoenician Empire then it became part of the ancient Berber kingdom of Numidia, the capital of Mauretania Sitifensis under the rule of the Roman Empire. It was destroyed during the Arab invasion of North Africa. In 1839 when France occupied the site, they found it in ruins apart from Roman ruins of the Byzantine fortress of Setif, and the ruined civilian housing from ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
