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  • Tlemcen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Tlemcen is a town in Northwestern Algeria, and the capital of the the province of the same name. Its population is 132,341 as of the 1998 census.

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    Tlemcen Located 170 miles from Oran, Tlemcen is one of Algeria's great Islamic cities which flourished as an Arab sultanate from 1282 until 1553 when it became part of the Ottoman ...

  • Tlemcen - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Tlemcen

    City of northwest Algeria, capital of Tlemcen department, 130 km/80 mi southwest of Oran; population (1998 est) 177,900. The city lies in an area of olive plantations and vineyards ...

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Tlemcen, town in north-west Algeria, capital of Tlemcen Department. It is surrounded by olive plantations and vineyards. Carpets, leather goods, textiles are manufactured here. The city flourished as the capital of an Arab sultanate from 1282 to 1553, when it came under Ottoman Turkish rule. It was held by the French from 1842 until Algeria obtained independence in 1962. Population (1987) 146,089.

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