Hennaya

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Hennaya

Total population

33,356

Elevation430 m

Coordinates34.95°, -1.37°

Demographic figures from Office National des Statistiques (Algeria). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Hennaya is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in northwestern Algeria.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Maurice Benguigui

French recording artist; actor and singer (born 1959)

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Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari

Maghrebi scholar from Tlemcen, biographer and historian

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Abdelhamid Temmar

Algerian politician

Rachid Baba Ahmed

Algerian musical producer and singer ; raï musician

J

Jean Rabasse

set decorator

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Ahmed Bouchikhi

Moroccan homicide victim by the Mossad (1943–1973)

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Mohammed Dib

Algerian writer (1920–2003)

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Maurice Bénichou

French actor (1943–2019)

Messali Hadj

Algerian politician (1898-1974)

Cheb Sahraoui

Algerian rai musician (born 1961)

Paul Bénichou

French writer (1908–2001)

Mokhtar Benmoussa

Algerian footballer

Eugénie Buffet

French singer (1866-1934)

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Samir Hadjaoui

Algerian footballer (1979–2021)

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Hichem Mezaïr

Algerian footballer

Paul Jobert

French painter (1863-1942)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Tlemcen

• Zalboun
  8.1 mi away
• Ain Taslit
  18.1 mi away
• Muhammad Salah
  28.1 mi away
• Dar Mtaa el Anabra
  43.2 mi away
• Meinedo
  573.7 mi away · pop. 4,052
• Casais
  576.7 mi away · pop. 1,401
• Ferreiró
  587.4 mi away
• Veli Rat
  1069.1 mi away · pop. 91
• Brgulje
  1072.1 mi away · pop. 63
• Zverinac
  1072.5 mi away · pop. 55
• Brbinj
  1073.3 mi away · pop. 70
• Savar
  1073.3 mi away · pop. 35

Browse all places in Tlemcen →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Ruddy Shelduck

Tadorna ferruginea

Seen 2026-08-22

Little Ringed Plover

Thinornis dubius

Seen 2026-08-22

Whiskered Tern

Chlidonias hybrida

Seen 2026-08-22

Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Seen 2026-08-22

European Stonechat

Saxicola rubicola

Seen 2026-08-20

Great Gray Shrike

Lanius excubitor

Seen 2026-08-20

Greater Whitethroat

Curruca communis

Seen 2026-08-20

Eurasian Coot

Fulica atra

Seen 2026-08-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).