Bordj Emir Abdelkader
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Bordj Emir Abdelkader formerly known as Taza . Chambers is one of the wilayah
Wilayah
A wilāyah or vilâyet , or vilayat in Urdu and Turkish, is an administrative division, usually translated as "province", rarely as "governorate". The word comes from the Arabic "w-l-y", "to govern": a wāli — "governor" — governs a wilayah, "that which is governed"...

 of Tissemsilt
Tissemsilt
Tissemsilt is a municipality in Algeria. It is the capital of Tissemsilt Province and Tissemsilt District....

 in the far north-eastern state is bordered by the mandate of the north and east of Ain Defla
Aïn Defla
Aïn Defla |spring]]) is the capital city of Aïn Defla Province, Algeria. It is also a commune....

 Wilaya de Medea, municipality and the pagan Theniet El Had, and the south and south-western city of Laayoune
Laayoune, Algeria
Laayoune is a town and commune in Tissemsilt Province in northern Algeria.-References:...

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Co-ordinates 35.51 degrees north latitude and 2.16 degrees east longitude.

The municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 has a population of 29,000 inhabitants engaged in agricultural
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

 trade occupations mainly growing of wheat
Wheat
Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...

 and barley
Barley
Barley is a major cereal grain, a member of the grass family. It serves as a major animal fodder, as a base malt for beer and certain distilled beverages, and as a component of various health foods...

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Area History

Taza Castle: signs of an ancient graveyard
Graveyard
A graveyard is any place set aside for long-term burial of the dead, with or without monuments such as headstones...

, tombstones, coins, skeletons, archaeological remains and inscriptions, dating from Roman times. Castle of Prince Abdul Kadir (1838 to 1842). There is also a military barracks
Barracks
Barracks are specialised buildings for permanent military accommodation; the word may apply to separate housing blocks or to complete complexes. Their main object is to separate soldiers from the civilian population and reinforce discipline, training and esprit de corps. They were sometimes called...

in the town dating from Ottoman times.
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