Beni Snous
بني سنوس ⴰⵢⵜ ⵙⵏⵓⵙ Ayt Snus | |
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Commune and town | |
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Coordinates: 34°38′34.76″N 1°33′41.22″W / 34.6429889°N 1.5614500°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Tlemcen Province |
District | Beni Snous District |
Population (2008) | |
• Total | 11,318 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Postal Code | 13037 |
Beni Snous or Aït Snous (in berber: ⴰⵢⵜ ⵙⵏⵓⵙ, Ayt Snus[1] and in Arabic: بني سنوس) is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in northwestern Algeria.[2]
Situation
[edit]Beni Snous Commune's territory is situated in the west of the wilaya of Tlemcen. The city of El Fahs (Beni Hammou), is situated at 41 km in the South-West of Tlemcen.
Relief and hydrography
[edit]The municipality of Beni Snous is situated on the monts de Tlemcen (Mounts of Tlemcen)
Localities of the municipality
[edit]In 1984, the commune of Beni Snous is constituted from the following localities:[3]
- El-Fahs (chef-lieu)
- Menzel
- Khémis
- Ouled Moussa
- Ouled Arbi
- Béni Achir
- Mzoughen Aimani
- Sidi Larbi
- Mazer
- Ouled Bouchama
- Béni Zidaz
- Gasba
References
[edit]- ^ Le dialecte berbère des Beni Snous (Algérie), sur le site du centre de recherche berbère
- ^ "Communes of Algeria". Statoids. Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
- ^ Décret n°84-365 fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriales des communes (wilaya de Tlemcen), Journal officiel de la République algérienne, 19 décembre 1984, p. 1500
34°40′48″N 1°28′23″W / 34.68000°N 1.47306°W