Taher الطاهير Tahir
City and Commune
Taher
Motto(s):  "From the people, for the people"
Location of Taher in the Jijel Province
Taher Location of Taher in the Algeria
Coordinates: 36°46′19″N 5°53′54″E / 36.77194°N 5.89833°E / 36.77194; 5.89833
Country	Algeria
Province	Jijel Province
District	Taher District
APC	2012-2017
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Mayor	Hafid Boumahrouk[1] (RND)
Area
• Total	29,872 sq mi (77,367 km2)
Population  (2008)
• Total	78,500 [2]
• Density	31,350/sq mi (12,103/km2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Postal code	18200 18002
ISO 3166 code	CP

Taher (Arabic: الطاهير, Al-Tahir; Algerian Arabic: أطًهير), is Algerian city, the industrial center of Jijel Province, with its industrial area of Ouled Salah, the airport of Achouat-Ferhat Abbas and the port of Djen Djen.

Geography

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.

Gallery

• 
  Sidi Yahia Mosque in downtown of Taher.
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  The church Taher.
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  Sidi Yahia Mosque in downtown of Taher.
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  The church Taher (Downtown).

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Taher.

• (in French) Jijel news