Tiaret
Sign in to saveTiaret () or Tahert () is a major city in northwestern Algeria that gives its name to the wider farming region of Tiaret Province. Both the town and region lie south-west of the capital of Algiers in the western region of the Hautes Plaines, in the Tell Atlas, and about from the Mediterranean coast. It is served by Abdelhafid Boussouf Bou Chekif Airport.
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Place details
- Locality
- Tiaret ⵜⴰⵀⴻⵔⵜ تيارت
- Region
- تيارت Tiaret ⵜⵢⴰⵔⴻⵜ
- Country
- ⵍⵣⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ الجزائر
- Population
- 178,915
- Timezone
- Africa/Algiers
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tiaret
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.mapsize
- 120px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Tiaret within Algeria
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Algeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tiaret Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tiaret District
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 778
- Settlement.area_total_km2
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Algeria
- Official name
- تيارت
- Country
- Algeria
- Located in
- Tiaret District
- Population
- +178915
- Area
- +111.45
- Elevation
- +1200
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Tiaret District
- Image
- Tiaret in night.jpg
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10 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Population
- Infrastructure and industry
- Politics
- History
- Archeological attractions
- Climate
- Notes
- Further reading
- External links
Tiaret () or Tahert () is a major city in northwestern Algeria that gives its name to the wider farming region of Tiaret Province. Both the town and region lie south-west of the capital of Algiers in the western region of the Hautes Plaines, in the Tell Atlas, and about from the Mediterranean coast. It is served by Abdelhafid Boussouf Bou Chekif Airport.
==Etymology== The name means "Lioness" in the Berber language, a reference to the Barbary lions that lived in this region. Maghrebian place names like Oran (Wahran) which means "lion", and Souk Ahras which means "Market of Lions" have the same etymological source.