Tadjena
Encyclopedia
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.
, a French painter and poet who spent a lot of time in Algeria. The Tadjena massacre
in 1997 occurred in two villages nearby.
Dahra
Dahra is a town located in the Louga Region of Senegal at roughly 264 km from Dakar. It is near the ISRA and 40 km from the old king of djoloff's résidence named Alboury Ndiaye. The town has about 30,000 residents and the main population activity is agriculture and breeding...
mountains in Chlef Province
Chlef Province
Chlef is a province in Algeria, and has about 1 million inhabitants. Its capital is Chlef. Another locality is Ténès, on the Mediterranean Sea.-Administrative divisions:...
in central Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
, with a population of about 23,000; its altitude is 438 m.
History
The settlement of Tadjena was originally named after Eugene FromentinEugène Fromentin
Eugène Fromentin was a French painter and writer.He was born in La Rochelle. After leaving school he studied for some years under Louis Cabat, the landscape painter...
, a French painter and poet who spent a lot of time in Algeria. The Tadjena massacre
Tadjena massacre
The Tadjena massacre was an incident resulting in 81 deaths. Beginning about 9:00 p.m. on December 8 and continuing until early December 9, 1998, 81 villagers were killed by armed groups in the mountain villages of Bouhamed and Ayachiche just north of Tadjena, some west of Algiers, in the Chlef...
in 1997 occurred in two villages nearby.