Rachgoun رشقون | |
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 the beach at Rachgoun | |
  Rachgoun Location within Algeria | |
| Coordinates:35°19′26″N1°28′47″W / 35.323958°N 1.479767°W /35.323958; -1.479767 | |
| Country |  Algeria |
| Province | Aïn Témouchent |
| District | Beni Saf |
| Population (1998) | |
• Total | 1,450 |
| Climate | Csa |
Rachgoun is a town in northwesternAlgeria, in the district ofBéni-Saf.
It is a small coastal village at the mouth of the Tafna wadi, 7 km west of the commune capital and facing its eponymous island -Rachgoun Island - located 2 km offshore.
The village is organised around two sandy beaches, Rachgoun beach crossed by the stream which flows into it, and, further east, Madrid beach, a small beach in a cove, from which it is separated by a rocky promontory.
The site of an oldPunic trading post,[1] it has been the subject of extensive excavations, on whichSerge Lancel in particular worked. It is located not far fromSiga, theNumidian capital ofSyphax. In the Zianides era, Rachgun was aport. In 1836, theFrench set up agarrison on the island as well as a military establishment on the right bank of the mouth of the Tafna, southwest of the tip of the Tour Carrée.
• Achour Cheurfi,Dictionnaire des localités algériennes, Algiers, Casbah Editions, 2011
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