Ain Sefra

Ain Sefra is a town of Algérie located in the Wilaya of Naâma.

Population: 146.000 inhabitants

Communes of Ain Sefra: 12 - (Wilaya Code: 45) Ain Ben Khelil, Ain Sefra, Assela, Djeniane Bourzeg, El Biod, Kasdir, Makman Ben Bitter, Mecheria, Moghrara, Naama, Sfissifa, Tiout

Ain Sefra is at the end of the mountains of the Atlas, close to the solid mass of Djébel Mekter.

One can find there an old village European which was devastated the October 21st 1904 by a sudden rising of the wadi during which Isabelle Eberhardt found death.

Curiosities of the area

  • Thermal spring of Ain Ouarka and its lunar landscape (see photo)
  • rupestral Engravings of the area of Ain-Sefra
  • Dune of Mekther
  • Kalaâ of the Sheik Bouamama
  • Tomb of Isabelle Eberhardt
  • Palm plantations (Moghrara, Tiout, Assela)

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