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Tizi-Ouzou

Tizi Ouzou
ⵜⵉⵣⵉ ⵡⴻⵣⵣⵓ
تيزي وزو

Tizi Wezzu
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Tizi Ouzou is located in Algeria
Tizi Ouzou
Tizi Ouzou
Coordinates: 36°43′N 4°3′E / 36.717°N 4.050°E / 36.717; 4.050
Country  Algeria
Province Tizi Ouzou Province
District Tizi Ouzou District
Area
 • Total 102.36 km2 (39.52 sq mi)
Population (2008 census)
 • Total 1 142 991
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
Postal code 15000
Climate Csa
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Tizi Ouzou (Berber: Tizi n Wuzzu, ⵜⵉⵣⵉ ⵡⴻⵣⵣⵓ, Algerian Arabic: تيزي وزو) is a city in north central Algeria. It is among the largest cities in Algeria.

The name comes from the Berber language Tizi n Uzzu and is pronounced Tizuzzu, commonly Tizi which means the "mountain pass", while Azzu means the "Forsythia" (the preposition n "of" is not pronounced here). That is why the city is often referred to as "The gap of Forsythia".

Islamists looted, and burned to the ground, a Pentecostal church on 9 January 2010. The pastor was quoted as saying that worshipers fled when local police left a gang of local rioters unchecked.

This city is located in the 10 I'm northest capital of Algiers Kabylia territory The population estimate around 1 142 991 habitants on 2014.

Tizi Ouzou experiences a hot Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa).

There were 118,542 people in 1998.

Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou is the local university. There are three campuses: Campus Hasnaoua I, Campus Hasnaoua II, and Campus Tamda.

Coordinates: 36°43′N 4°03′E / 36.717°N 4.050°E / 36.717; 4.050


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