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Mascara
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Mascara is a city and commune in Algeria, serving as the capital of both Mascara Province and Mascara District. Established in 1701, the municipality has a population of 108,587 and is situated at an elevation of 590 meters above sea level. The city is located in the UTC+01:00 time zone and uses the postal code 29000. Its official name is Mascara, with the native label معسكر.
The administrative body is twinned with Bursa and Elkader. Mascara is the owner of Stade de l'Unité Africaine. The area is described in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Place details
- Locality
- Mascara ⵎⵄⴻⵙⴽⴻⵔ معسكر
- Region
- معسكر Mascara ⵎⵄⴻⵙⴽⴻⵔ
- Country
- ⵍⵣⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ الجزائر
- Population
- 108,629
- Timezone
- Africa/Algiers
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Key facts
- Country
- Algeria
- Province
- Mascara Province
- District
- Mascara District
- Highest elevation
- 429 m (1,407 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
- Total
- 108,629
- Time zone
- UTC+1 (+1)
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Encyclopedic overview
Mascara (Arabic: معسكر, romanized: Muʿaskar), also spelled Maskara, is the capital city of Mascara Province in Algeria. It has 150,000 inhabitants (2008 estimate). It was founded in the 10th century by the Banu Ifran, and is famous for being the hometown of Emir Abd al-Qadir, a leader of the Algerian resistance to early French colonial rule in the 19th century.
Mascara is an administrative, commercial and a market centre. Its trade is mostly centered on leather goods, grains, and olive oil, but it is especially famous for its good wine. It has good road and rail connections with other urban centres of Algeria. Relizane is 65 kilometres (40 miles) northeast, Sidi Bel Abbès 90 km (56 mi) southwest, Oran 105 kkm northwest and Saïda 80 km (50 mi) south.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mascara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.