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Meskiana is a town and commune in Oum El Bouaghi Province, Algeria near the Tunisian border. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 25,849. It was the birthplace of novelist Yamina Méchakra.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Meskiana
Settlement.native_name
مسكيانة
Settlement.settlement_type
Commune and town
Settlement.image_skyline
Meskiana مسكيانة.jpg
Settlement.image_map
Dz - 04 - Meskiana.svg
Settlement.mapsize
180px
Settlement.pushpin_map
Algeria
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Oum El Bouaghi Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Meskiana District
Settlement.unit_pref
Imperial
Settlement.area_total_km2
184
Settlement.population_as_of
2020
Settlement.population_total
60000
Settlement.timezone
CET

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Meskiana is a town and commune in Oum El Bouaghi Province, Algeria near the Tunisian border. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 25,849. It was the birthplace of novelist Yamina Méchakra.

==References==

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

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