Tadjena
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Tadjena | |
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Commune and town | |
| File:Tadjena (le 11-05-2007).jpg | |
| File:DZ 02 Tadjena.svg | |
| Country | File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria |
| Province | Chlef Province |
| District | Abou El Hassan |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
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Tadjena (Arabic: تدجنة) (formerly Fromentin) is a town in the Dahra mountains in Chlef Province in central Algeria, with a population of about 23,000; its altitude is 438 m.
History
[edit | edit source]The settlement of Tadjena was originally named after Eugene Fromentin, a French painter and poet who spent a lot of time in Algeria. The Tadjena massacre in 1997 occurred in two villages nearby.
Further reading
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