Aïn Témouchent

• Name — Aïn Témouchent • Native Name — عين تموشنت • Native Name Lang — ar • Type — City • Image Skyline — Ain Temouchent, Algeria - panoramio.jpg • Image Caption — Aïn Témouchent • Image Map — Dz - Aïn Témouchent (wilaya de Aïn Témouchent) location map.svg • Mapsize — 180px • Map Caption — Location of Aïn Témouchent, Algeria within Aïn Témouchent Province • Pushpin Map — Algeria • Pushpin Mapsize — 300px • Pushpin Map Caption — Location of Aïn Témouchent within Algeria • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Algeria • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Aïn Témouchent • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Name2 — Aïn Témouchent District • Seat Type — District seat • Leader Title — PMA Seats • Leader Name — 11 • Unit Pref — Metric • Area Total Km2 — 78.93 • Elevation M — 296 • Population Total — 75558 • Population As Of — 2010 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Timezone1 — CET • Utc Offset1 — +01 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 46000 • Blank Name — ONS code • Blank Info — 4601 • Blank1 Name — Climate • Blank1 Info — Csa Aïn Témouchent is a city in north-western Algeria, it is the capital of Aïn Témouchent Province. Aïn Témouchent is located 72 km (or 44.7 miles) south-west of Oran, a city with which it is closely associated, and 63 km (or 39.1 miles) west of Sidi Bel Abbès. Known as "la Florissante", it is set in a narrow, fertile basaltic valley amid vineyards and orchards. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 75,558.

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.