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MOSTAGANEM , See also:chief See also:town of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Oran, See also:Algeria, 44 M . E.N.E. of Oran, on a See also:plateau 278 ft. high, See also:half a mile from the Mediterranean See also:coast . The town is separated into See also:European and native quarters by a deep See also:ravine, the See also:Ain Sefra, through which passes a considerable stream . The native See also:quarter, called Tijit, occupies the eastern slopes of the ravine and the level ground above, and is dominated by the kubbas of two marabouts . A railway See also:line, completed in 1889, 122 M. See also:long, connects Mostaganem with See also:Tiaret, the most convenient See also:place for visiting the Jedars monuments . |
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