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Tamacine
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Also known as Témacine, Temacine

Tamacine () (sometimes written Témacine) is a town and commune, and capital of Témacine District, in Touggourt Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 20,067, up from 15,933 in 1998, and an annual growth rate of 2.4%. It is around south of Touggourt. The Tugurt language is spoken by some residents of Tamacine.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Tamacine
Settlement.native_name
ﺗﻤﺎﺳﻴﻦ
Settlement.settlement_type
Commune and town
Settlement.image_skyline
Zaouia Tidjania Temacine.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Zaouia Tidjania, Tamacine
Settlement.image_map
File:DZ 30 Tamacine.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map
Algeria
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Touggourt Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Témacine District
Settlement.established_title
Established
Settlement.established_date
1984
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
300

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Tamacine () (sometimes written Témacine) is a town and commune, and capital of Témacine District, in Touggourt Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 20,067, up from 15,933 in 1998, and an annual growth rate of 2.4%. It is around south of Touggourt. The Tugurt language is spoken by some residents of Tamacine.

==History== The mosque in the town of Témacine, the Mosque of Si al-Hajj, dates to 1431.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tamacine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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