Ain Temouchent

History

The town was founded in 1851 by Spanish immigrants, who built on what had been the site of Roman Albulae and Arab Ksar ibn Senar. It was made the capital of the local subprefecture in 1955, and then the capital of the wilaya Aïn Témouchent in 1983. Prior to the end of colonization, the region was a large producer of wine. In 1999, the town was devastated by a large earthquake. A loan of 83.5 million USD granted by the World Bank to the Algerian government enabled the rapid reconstruction of the city, among the best developed in Algeria: a new city, a hospital, a one-hectare public garden, were built and inaugurated in December 2003.

Most-observed species

• Wavyleaf Mullein

  Verbascum sinuatum L. · Magnoliopsida
  5
• White-headed Duck

  Oxyura leucocephala (Scopoli, 1769) · Aves
  4
• Green-winged Teal

  Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4
• European Stonechat

  Saxicola rubicola (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  3
• Northern Shoveler

  Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3
• Culicoides odiatus Austen, 1921

  Culicoides odiatus Austen, 1921 · Insecta
  2
• Culicoides kibunensis Tokunaga, 1937

  Culicoides kibunensis Tokunaga, 1937 · Insecta
  2

Most recent

• M 4.6 — 2022-06-26
  14 km NW of Aïn el Bya, Algeria
• M 4.5 — 2019-10-18
  8 km W of El Amria, Algeria
• M 4.8 — 2017-07-11
  62 km NNW of Beni Saf, Algeria
• M 4.3 — 2017-07-08
  70 km NW of El Amria, Algeria
• M 4.2 — 2014-03-20
  12 km NW of Aïn el Bya, Algeria
• M 4.2 — 2012-03-21
  4 km ENE of Oran, Algeria