Taher
title: "Taher" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["communes-of-jijel-province", "cities-in-algeria"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taher" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Taher |
| native_name | الطاهير |
| other_name | Tahir |
| settlement_type | City and Commune |
| motto | "From the people, for the people" |
| image_skyline | Vue Générale sur Taher (Algérie).JPG |
| image_caption | Taher |
| image_map | DZ 18 Taher.svg |
| mapsize | 180px |
| map_caption | Location of Taher in the Jijel Province |
| pushpin_map | Algeria |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of Taher in the Algeria |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Algeria |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Jijel Province |
| subdivision_type2 | District |
| subdivision_name2 | Taher District |
| government_type | Municipality |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Hafid Boumahrouk (RND) |
| established_title | APC |
| established_date | 2012-2017 |
| unit_pref | Imperial |
| area_total_km2 | 77367 |
| population_as_of | 2008 |
| population_total | 78500 |
| population_density_km2 | 1210,3 |
| timezone | CET |
| utc_offset | +1 |
| iso_code | CP |
| postal_code_type | Postal code |
| postal_code | 18200 |
| 18002 | |
| :: |
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Taher (, Al-Tahir; ), is Algerian city, the industrial center of Jijel Province, with its industrial area of Ouled Salah, the Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport and the port of Djen Djen.
Geography
Situation
The municipality of Taher is located in the north of Jijel Province.
Localities of the town
Taher is composed of several locations:
- Bazoul
- Laajarda
- Belmamouda
- Beni Metrane
- Bouazem
- Laghjara
- Taher
- Bouachir
- Boubzrène
- Boulzazène
- El Kedia
- Dekkara
- Demina
- Aïn El Hammam
- Boulachour
- Boucherka
- Merdj El Bir
- Ouled Salah
- Ouled-Souici
- Oued Nil
- Oum Djelal
- Tablalte
- Dar El Oued
- T'Har oussaf
- Tleta
History
The present city is located on the site of an ancient city - dating back to Ottoman period - it was built on aboriginal lands hunted in the nearby mountains, after the revolt of 1871 (see Mokrani Revolt) time of occupation of Algeria by France, whose population was expropriated, including: the plain of Oued Djen-djen, Telata, the Ouled Bel Afou, Wadi Nile Beni Afar, Beni Siar, Beni khatab, and the immediate vicinity of the current city
Notable people
- Ferhat Abbas, first president of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic.
- Dekhli Mokhtar, one fighter of the FLN in Taher and the Algerian east.
- Mohamed Amoura, Footballer striker for Algeria national football team.
Gallery
File:Mosquée sidi yahia taher.jpg|Sidi Yahia Mosque in downtown of Taher. File:Taher eglise.jpg|The church Taher. File:12 Taher Ville (6).jpg|Sidi Yahia Mosque in downtown of Taher. File:12 Taher Ville (3).jpg|The church Taher (Downtown).
References
References
- [http://www.jijel.info/content/des-jeunes-%C3%A9lus-majoritaires-aux-%C3%A9lections-communales Jijel Info] {{Webarchive. link. (2013-01-05)
- [http://www.ons.dz/collections/w18_p1.pdf ONS Statistic (Jijel province)]
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