Tlemcen
a town in the province of Oran, Algeria; 88 miles S. W. of Oran, of Oran , with which it is connected by railway. It occupies the site of the Roman city of Pomaria, and under the Moors, in the 12th and 13th centuries, was a place of great importance, with a pop. of nearly 150,000. It stands on the N. slope of a steep mountain, at a height of 2,500 feet, in the midst of a well-irrigated and richly cultivated country, which especially abounds in fruit trees. The chief exports are olive oil, dried fruit, corn, wool, sheep and cattle, dressed alfa cloths, carpets, and leather goods. It leather goods. has 23 mosques, two of which are fine specimens of Moorish architecture. Pop. about 28,000.
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