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Maghnia

Maghnia () (formerly Marnia) is a town in Tlemcen Province, northwestern Algeria. It is the second most populated town in Tlemcen Province, after Tlemcen. The current population is over 100,000.

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Settlement.official_name: Maghnia
Settlement.settlement_type: Commune and town
Settlement.motto: courage
Settlement.image_skyline: Maghnia مغنية - panoramio.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Riwaq El-Fen in Maghnia
Settlement.image_map: DZ-13-27 - Maghnia - Wilaya Tlemcen.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 190px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Algeria
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Tlemcen Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Maghnia District
Settlement.leader_title: Njjjhbjkfdm
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.area_land_km2: 249
Settlement.population_as_of: 2008

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Maghnia () (formerly Marnia) is a town in Tlemcen Province, northwestern Algeria. It is the second most populated town in Tlemcen Province, after Tlemcen. The current population is over 100,000.

==History== Archaeologists have found evidence of prehistoric people in the area, who were displaced by the Phoenicians. The remnants of burned Ancient Roman military posts called Numerus Syrorum were discovered by the French army in 1836, when they entered the area; these posts were occupied, according to the inscriptions, by the numerus Severianus Alexandrinus Syrorum, a unit of Syrian archers. As such, it was the westernmost outpost of Mauretania Caesariensis.

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