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Tlemcen (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 34 52 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 34.8667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 15 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Flourished as Islamic cultural & religious center in the 1200s; attacked by Marīnids of Fès 14th cen.; held by Algerian Turks 1559; occupied by France 1842; headquarters of Algerian nationalist leader Ahmed Ben Bella 1962; many medieval remains. |
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| Tilimsen (preferred,C,V)
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............ | after 1981 |
| Tlemcen (C,V,English-P)
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............ | 13th cen.; Berber for "springs" |
| Tlemsen (C,V)
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| תלמסן (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Agadir (H,V)
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............ | under Berber control, after 4th cen. |
| Pomaria (H,V)
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............ | early Roman settlement, 4th cen. |
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Tlemcen (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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earliest settlement 4th cen. |
| town (C) |
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| department capital (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Muslim Berber dynasty 1200s |
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Tlemcen .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Africa, Algeria) [8698203] |
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