Official Name: | Meskiana |
Native Name: | مسكيانة |
Settlement Type: | Commune and town |
Mapsize: | 180px |
Pushpin Map: | Algeria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Algeria |
Subdivision Name1: | Oum El Bouaghi Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Meskiana District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 184 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 60000 |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 35.6278°N 7.6669°W |
Meskiana is a town and commune in Oum El Bouaghi Province, Algeria near the Tunisian border. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 25,849.[1] It was the birthplace of novelist Yamina Méchakra.