Sig (Sig)
Sig (سيق Sīq; called Saint-Denis-de-Sig under French rule; Tasacora) is a town in northwestern Algeria. Formerly located in Oran Province and now located in Mascara Province, north-western Algeria. Its population was 61,373 in 2008.
The town's public garden is on the bank of the Sig River just down stream the confluence of the le-Mebtoûh and the Matarah. Sig is surrounded by fertile land irrigated by the Barrages des Cheurfas (dams) 25 km upstream with the overflow stored in the Petit Barrage (little dams) 3.2 km upstream from the town. The local land supports the growing of olives, cotton, flax, grains, tobacco, and wine, much of which is processed locally and exported. The other local industry is mineral mining, primarily for diatomite.
Sig is located about 29 km south the Gulf of Arzew, separated by the Sig plains and north-west of Mount Touakas (349 m high). Sig is about 44 km east of Oran and 450 km from Algiers. The temperatures usually rise from May to the end of August.
* Rachid Taha (1958–2018), musician (birthplace)
The town's public garden is on the bank of the Sig River just down stream the confluence of the le-Mebtoûh and the Matarah. Sig is surrounded by fertile land irrigated by the Barrages des Cheurfas (dams) 25 km upstream with the overflow stored in the Petit Barrage (little dams) 3.2 km upstream from the town. The local land supports the growing of olives, cotton, flax, grains, tobacco, and wine, much of which is processed locally and exported. The other local industry is mineral mining, primarily for diatomite.
Sig is located about 29 km south the Gulf of Arzew, separated by the Sig plains and north-west of Mount Touakas (349 m high). Sig is about 44 km east of Oran and 450 km from Algiers. The temperatures usually rise from May to the end of August.
* Rachid Taha (1958–2018), musician (birthplace)
Map - Sig (Sig)
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Country - Algeria
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Algeria produced and is linked to many civilizations, empires and dynasties, including ancient Numidians, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Umayyads, Abbasids, Rustamids, Idrisids, Aghlabids, Fatimids, Zirids, Hammadids, Almoravids, Almohads, Zayyanids, Spaniards, Ottomans and the French colonial empire, with the latter expanded into its present-boundaries. After 132 years of being part of France, tensions between France and the local Algerian populace led to the start of the Algerian War which concluded with Algeria obtaining its independence on 5 July 1962 with the establishment of the People's Democratic Republic on 20 September of that year.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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DZD | Algerian dinar | دج | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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AR | Arabic language |