Maghnia مغنية | |
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Commune and town | |
 Riwaq El-Fen in Maghnia | |
| Motto: courage | |
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  Maghnia | |
| Coordinates:34°51′42″N1°43′50″W / 34.86167°N 1.73056°W /34.86167; -1.73056 | |
| Country |  Algeria |
| Province | Tlemcen Province |
| District | Maghnia District |
| Area | |
| • Land | 96 sq mi (249 km2) |
| Population (2008) | |
• Total | 114,634 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| CP | 13001 |
Maghnia (Arabic:مغنية) (formerlyMarnia) is a town inTlemcen Province, northwesternAlgeria. It is the second most populated town in Tlemcen Province, afterTlemcen. The current population is over 200,000.[citation needed]
Archaeologists have found evidence of prehistoric people in the area, who were displaced by thePhoenicians. The remnants of burnedAncient Roman military posts calledNumerus Syrorum were discovered by theFrench army in 1836, when they entered the area; these posts were occupied, according to the inscriptions, by thenumerus Severianus Alexandrinus Syrorum,[1] a unit ofSyrianarchers. As such, it was the westernmost outpost ofMauretania Caesariensis.
Due to its convenient geographical location—within thewatershed ofWadiTafna on the route toFes fromTlemcen, Maghnia later served as amarketplace for regionalnomads.
TheBerbers named the placeLalla Marnia (Lalla Maghnia), after a local saint buried in the vicinity. Hermausoleum was probably built in the 18th century.[2]
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