Tiaret

Tiaret

also called (after 1981)  Tihert , formerly  Tagdempt 

      city, northern Algeria. It lies at the southern end of Ouarsenis Massif (in the Tell Atlas) on the slopes of Mount Guezoul (4,510 feet [1,375 metres]) at the edge of the High Plateaus (Hauts Plateaux). Wadi Tiaret flows through the city to join Wadi Mîna.

      Tiaret's citadel stands on the site of Roman Tingartia, capital of western Algeria during the Byzantine period. Nearby on Mount Hadjar are the Djedar, groups of step pyramids on square foundations, probably monuments to Berber (Amazigh) princes of the 6th and 7th centuries. It was an Arab town of note in the 7th century, known as Tahart (“Lioness”). Taken by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Rustam in 761, it became the capital of his Ibāḍīyah kingdom. Tahart was attacked by the Fāṭimids, and the Ibāḍīs withdrew to the Sahara to found Mʾzab. The town then passed through Tlemcen and Turkish control and was taken by the French in 1843. The modern sector was founded by Gen. C.L.L.J. de Lamoricière in 1863, north of the old walled town.

      Located in a cool climate, Tiaret is a major agricultural centre of the Sersou Plateau, dealing in cereals and livestock, and is noted for its purebred Arabian horses. Pop. (2004 est.) 171,300.

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