Beni Snous

Commune and town in Tlemcen Province, Algeria

Beni Snous بني سنوس ⴰⵢⵜ ⵙⵏⵓⵙ Ayt Snus
Commune and town
Beni Snous

34°38′34.76″N 1°33′41.22″W / 34.6429889°N 1.5614500°W / 34.6429889; -1.5614500
Country	Algeria
Province	Tlemcen Province
District	Beni Snous District
Population (2008)
• Total	11,318
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Postal Code	13037

Beni Snous or Aït Snous (in berber: ⴰⵢⵜ ⵙⵏⵓⵙ, Ayt Snus^[1] and in Arabic: بني سنوس) is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in northwestern Algeria.^[2]

Situation

Beni Snous Commune's territory is situated in the west of the wilaya of Tlemcen. The city of El Fahs (Beni Hammou), is situated at 41 km in the South-West of Tlemcen.

Relief and hydrography

The municipality of Beni Snous is situated on the monts de Tlemcen (Mounts of Tlemcen)

Localities of the municipality

In 1984, the commune of Beni Snous is constituted from the following localities:^[3]

El-Fahs (chef-lieu)
Menzel
Khémis
Ouled Moussa
Ouled Arbi
Béni Achir
Mzoughen Aimani
Sidi Larbi
Mazer
Ouled Bouchama
Béni Zidaz
Gasba

References

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^ Le dialecte berbère des Beni Snous (Algérie), sur le site du centre de recherche berbère
^ "Communes of Algeria". Statoids. Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
^ Décret n°84-365 fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriales des communes (wilaya de Tlemcen), Journal officiel de la République algérienne, 19 décembre 1984, p. 1500