Place:Tadjena, Chlef, Algeria

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NameTadjena
Alt namesFromentinsource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Coordinates36.32194°N 1.13722°E
Located inChlef, Algeria
source: GeoNames Geographical Database



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Tadjena (formerly Fromentin) is a town in the Dahra mountains in Chlef Province in central Algeria, with a population of about 23,000; its altitude is 438 m.

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The settlement of Tadjena was originally named after Eugene Fromentin, a French painter and poet who spent a lot of time in Algeria. The Tadjena massacre in 1997 occurred in two villages nearby.

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