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

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

The municipality

Municipality

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 has a population of 29,000 inhabitants engaged in agricultural

Agriculture

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 trade occupations mainly growing of wheat

Wheat

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 and barley

Barley

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Area History

Taza Castle: signs of an ancient graveyard

Graveyard

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, 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

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in the town dating from Ottoman times.