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Messaâd

Also known as Messaad

Messad (also Messaâd; ) is a town and commune in Djelfa Province, Algeria. It lies in the Ouled Naïl region on the Saharan Atlas steppe margin, where an oasis and wadi system supports settlement and agriculture. The modern town is traditionally associated with the Roman frontier outpost known in antiquity as Castellum Dimmidi, also recorded locally as Ksar el-Baroud.

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Settlement.official_name: Messad
Settlement.native_name: مسعد
Settlement.native_name_lang: ar
Settlement.other_name: Messaâd
Settlement.settlement_type: Commune and town
Settlement.image_skyline: Messaad مسعد.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Algeria
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Djelfa Province
Settlement.timezone: West Africa Time
Settlement.utc_offset: +1
Settlement.population_as_of: 2008
Settlement.population_total: 97,091

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Wikidata facts

Population: 102453
Elevation: 777
Image: Nouvelle Zaouia de Sidi Nael زاوية سيدي نائل الجديدة.jpg

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postal code: 17003
native label: مسعد
Commons category: Messaad

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Contents

Geography and climate
Demographics
Economy
Culture
History
Prehistory and early occupation
Roman period: Castellum Dimmidi
See also
References
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==Geography and climate== Messad is about south of Algiers. The area forms part of the steppe belt between the Tell Atlas and the Sahara, and is commonly described as a semi-arid transition zone. Climatic summaries for the locality characterise summers as hot and winters as cool to cold, consistent with semi-arid steppe conditions.