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Aïn Kercha

Coordinates: 35°55′N 6°42′E / 35.917°N 6.700°E / 35.917; 6.700
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Aïn Kercha
Commune and town
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Coordinates: 35°55′N 6°42′E / 35.917°N 6.700°E / 35.917; 6.700
Country Algeria
ProvinceOum El Bouaghi Province
Population
 (2008)
 • Total30,575
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Aïn Kercha is a town and commune in Oum El Bouaghi Province, Algeria.

Localities of the commune

The commune of Aïn Kercha is composed of 10 localities:[1]

  • Centre Aïn Kercha
  • Graa Saïda
  • Ouled Ahmed Ben Sassi
  • Oued Kercha
  • Kercha Seghira
  • El Karma
  • Madjen Dahri
  • Madjen El Guebli
  • Dakhla
  • Kessar Touadjène

2014 plane crash

On 11 February 2014, a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft of the Algerian Air Force crashed near Aïn Kercha, killing 77 of the 78 people on board.

References

  1. ^ "Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes. Wilaya d`oum El Bouagh" [Decree n ° 84-365, fixing the composition, the consistency and the territorial limits of the communes. Wilaya d`oum El Bouagh] (PDF). Journal officiel de la République Algérienne (in French) (67): 1479. 19 December 1984. Retrieved 3 October 2019.



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