JSM Tiaret

Jeunesse Sportive Madinet Tiaret, known more commonly as JSM Tiaret is an Algerian football club based in Tiaret, Algeria, that was founded in 1943 under the name of Jeunesse Sportive Musulmane de Tiaret. It plays its home games at the Stade Ahmed Kaïd. The club is currently playing in the L N F A 2 Division, the third tier in the Algerian football system.

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Tiaret

Tiaret (Berber: Tahert or Tihert, ⵜⴰⵀⴻⵔⵜ, i.e. "Lioness"; Arabic: تاهرت / تيارت‎) is a major city in central Algeria that gives its name to the wider farming region of Tiaret Province. Both the town and region lie south-west of the capital of Algiers in the western region of the Hautes Plaines, in the Tell Atlas, and about 150 km (93 mi) from the Mediterranean coast. It is served by Abdelhafid Boussouf Bou Chekif Airport.

Etymology

The name means "lioness" in the Berber language, a reference to the Barbary lions that lived in this region. Maghrebian place names like Oran (Uhran) and Souk Ahras have the same etymological source.

Population

The town had a population of 178,915 in 2008. 100% of the population is Muslim. The town covered around 20.086.62 km² bouchentouf http://www.social-sante.gouv.fr/

Infrastructure & industry

A 1992 study by the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis reported significant areas contaminated by industrial pollution, and growing squatter settlements on the periphery.

Tiaret Province

Tiaret (Arabic: ولاية تيارت‎, Berber: Tahert) is a province (wilaya) of Algeria. The capital is Tiaret.

Administrative division

The province is divided into 14 districts (daïras), which are further divided into 42 communes or municipalities.

Districts

Communes

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