Souagui

Souagui is a town and commune in Médéa Province, Algeria, with a population of 19,059 according to the 1998 census.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Souagui
Settlement.native_name: السواقي
Settlement.nickname: Tamada
Settlement.settlement_type: Commune and town
Settlement.image_skyline: Souagui.JPG
Settlement.image_map: DZ 26 Souagui.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 120px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Algeria
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Médéa Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.area_total_km2: 136.6
Settlement.population_as_of: 2008
Settlement.population_total: 15536
Settlement.timezone: CET

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Area: 136.6
Elevation: 862
Image: Souagui.JPG

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postal code: 26033
Commons category: Souagui

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The monastery of Aïn-Tamda
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Souagui is a town and commune in Médéa Province, Algeria, with a population of 19,059 according to the 1998 census.

== History == === The monastery of Aïn-Tamda === The ruins of the church of Aïn-Tamda, located fifteen kilometres west of Djouab (Masqueray under French colonisation, Rapidum in antiquity) and three kilometres north of the road from Sour-el-Ghozlane to Berrouaghia, are encountered in the bare plain near a beautiful spring that soon loses itself in a marsh, hence their name. During their exploration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the area around the church was uninhabited, and no traces of ancient dwellings have been found in the immediate vicinity. However, the area was by no means a desert: in ancient times, large farmsteads were present, the ruins of which would still have been visible in the hollow of a valley near the church at the time of the excavation.