Nedroma
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ندرومة ⵉⵏⴷⵔⵓⵎⴻⵏ Nedroma |
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 1 ′ N , 1 ° 45 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Algeria | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | DZ-13 | ||
| height | 350 m | ||
| Residents | 32,498 (2008) | ||
 Nedroma - view over the city
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Nedroma ( Arabic المنصورة; Central Atlas Tamazight ⵉⵏⴷⵔⵓⵎⴻⵏ Indrumen ) is a city with approx. 35,000 inhabitants in northwest Algeria near the border with the Kingdom of Morocco .
location
Nedroma is a good 165 km (driving distance) southwest of Oran and only 56 km northwest of Tlemcen at an altitude of about 350 m . The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 400 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.
population
| year | 1977 | 1987 | 1998 | 2008 |
| Residents | 14,399 | 21,646 | 31,226 | 32,498 |
Since the 1960s, Nedroma has experienced strong immigration from other regions in Algeria.
economy
In the area around Nedroma, which is quite rainy for Algerian standards, agriculture and cattle breeding have been practiced. Dealers, craftsmen and service providers of all kinds have settled in the city itself.
history
Nedroma is first mentioned in 1068 by the geographer and historian El Bekri , it probably originated from a small Berber settlement called Filaoussene . Under the Almoravid ruler Tashfin ibn Ali (ruled 1143–1145) and especially under the Almohad Sultan Abd al-Mu'min (ruled 1130–1163), who came from Morocco , the place was expanded and provided with a mosque , but took over a short time later the Abdalwadids or better their offshoots, the Cianids ruling from Tlemcen , the power that was briefly occupied by the Merinids in the first half of the 14th century . In the 15th and 16th centuries, Nedroma benefited from the immigration of Jews and Muslims expelled from Al-Andalus as part of the Reconquista . The French colonial period lasted from 1842 to 1962.
Attractions
- Of particular importance is the largely unadorned Great Mosque, commissioned by the Almoravid ruler Tashfin ibn Ali in 1145, with its minaret from the Merinid period (1348) and crowned by a lantern , which shows a uniform, but tile-free decor on all four sides.
- Parts of the inscribed seat ( minbar ) for the prayer leader ( imam ) are now in the Musée national des antiquités et des arts islamiques in Algiers.
literature
- Hans Strelocke: Algeria - Art, Culture and Landscape. DuMont, Cologne 1974, ISBN 3-7701-0721-7 , p. 133.
- Alfred Renz: Algeria . Prestel, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-7913-0768-1 .
- Hed Wimmer, Joachim-Hans Thilemann: Algeria. Atlantis, Freiburg 1983, ISBN 3-7611-0651-3 .
