Tamlouka is a small city of about 19,000 inhabitants in the District of Aïn Makhlouf

Aïn Makhlouf District

Aïn Makhlouf is a district in Guelma Province, Algeria. It was named after its capital, Aïn Makhlouf.-Municipalities:The district is further divided into 3 municipalities:*Aïn Makhlouf*Aïn Larbi*Tamlouka...

 of the Guelma Province

Guelma Province

Guelma Province is a province in eastern Algeria. Its namesake is its seat and most populous municipality: Guelma.-History:Its civilians suffered heavy casualties during the 1945 Sétif massacre by the French Army. The province itself was established on 1974. Before that, it was part of Annaba...

 in the northeast of 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...

. It is located at the intersection of W10 and W133, between the cities of Oued Zenati

Oued Zenati

Oued Zenati is a town and commune in Guelma Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 27,254.-References:...

 and Aïn Beïda

Aïn Beïda

Aïn Beïda is a city and municipality located in Oum El Bouaghi Province, Algeria, south east of Constantine and north of Khenchla, inhabitated by Chaouis. As of 1998 its population was 88,300.-Etymology:...

. It is located 60 kilometres from Guelma

Guelma

Guelma is the capital of Guelma Province and Guelma District, located in northeastern Algeria, about 65 kilometers from the Mediterranean coast...

, capital of the province. Prior to the mass renaming of towns after Algeria's independence, this town was known by the French name Montcalm.. Most of the people in the city are Berbers

Berber people

Berbers are the indigenous peoples of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis, in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River. Historically they spoke the Berber language or varieties of it, which together form a branch...

 and Chaoui

Chaoui

The Shawia people, or Chaouis are a Berber people who live mainly in the Aurès, Nememcha and Belezma Region in the Aurès Mountains, a large part of eastern Algeria known in ancient times as Numidia...

s, who's main dialect was one of Berber languages

Berber languages

The Berber languages are a family of languages indigenous to North Africa, spoken from Siwa Oasis in Egypt to Morocco , and south to the countries of the Sahara Desert...

, but know most people know only Arabic

Arabic language

Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

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