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Commune and town in Tlemcen Province, Algeria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maghnia (Arabic: مغنية) (formerly Marnia) is a town in Tlemcen Province, northwestern Algeria. It is the second most populated town in Tlemcen Province, after Tlemcen. The current population is over 200,000.[citation needed]
Maghnia
مغنية | |
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Commune and town | |
Motto: courage | |
Coordinates: 34°51′42″N 1°43′50″W | |
Country | Algeria |
Province | Tlemcen Province |
District | Maghnia District |
Area | |
• Land | 96 sq mi (249 km2) |
Population (2008) | |
• Total | 114,634 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
CP | 13001 |
Archaeologists have found evidence of prehistoric people in the area, who were displaced by the Phoenicians. The remnants of burned Ancient Roman military posts were discovered by the French army in 1836, when they entered the area; these posts were occupied, according to the inscriptions, by the numerus Severianus Alexandrinus Syrorum,[1] a unit of Syrian archers. As such, it was the westernmost outpost of Mauretania Caesariensis.
Due to its convenient geographical location—within the watershed of Wadi Tafna on the route to Fes from Tlemcen, Maghnia later served as a marketplace for regional nomads.
The Berbers named the place Lalla Marnia (Lalla Maghnia), after a local saint buried in the vicinity. Her mausoleum was probably built in the 18th century.[citation needed]
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