Official Name: | Taher |
Native Name: | Arabic: الطاهير |
Other Name: | Tahir |
Settlement Type: | City and Commune |
Motto: | "From the people, for the people" |
Mapsize: | 180px |
Pushpin Map: | Algeria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Taher in the Algeria |
Coordinates: | 36.7719°N 5.8983°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Algeria |
Subdivision Name1: | Jijel Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Taher District |
Government Type: | Municipality |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Hafid Boumahrouk[1] (RND) |
Established Title: | APC |
Established Date: | 2012-2017 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 77367 |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Population Total: | 78500 [2] |
Population Density Km2: | 1210,3 |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Iso Code: | CP |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 18200 18002 |
Taher (ar|الطاهير, Al-Tahir; arq|أطًهير), is Algerian city, the industrial center of Jijel Province, with its industrial area of Ouled Salah, the Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport and the port of Djen Djen.
The municipality of Taher Bastawala is located in the north of Jijel Province.
Taher is composed of several locations:
The present city is located on the site of an ancient city - dating back to Ottoman period - it was built on aboriginal lands hunted in the nearby mountains, after the revolt of 1871 (see Mokrani Revolt) time of occupation of Algeria by France, whose population was expropriated, including: the plain of Oued Djen-djen, Telata, the Ouled Bel Afou, Wadi Nile Beni Afar, Beni Siar, Beni khatab, and the immediate vicinity of the current city