Sig, Mascara Province, Algeria
🇩🇿 Sig (سيق Sīq; Saint-Denis-de-Sig; Tasacora) is a town in north-western Algeria. Formerly located in Oran Province and now located in Mascara Province, north-western Algeria.
The town's public garden is on the bank of the Sig River just down stream the confluence of the le-Mebtoûh and the Matarah. Sig is surrounded by fertile land irrigated by the Barrages des Cheurfas (dams) 25 km (16 mi) upstream with the overflow stored in the Petit Barrage (little dams) 3.2 km (2.0 mi) upstream from the town. The local land supports the growing of olives, cotton, flax, grains, tobacco, and wine, much of which is processed locally and exported. The other local industry is mineral mining, primarily for diatomite.
Sig is located about 29 km (18 mi) south the Gulf of Arzew, separated by the Sig plains and north-west of Mount Touakas (349 metres (1,145 ft) high). Sig is about 44 km (27 mi) east of Oran and 450 km (280 mi) from Algiers. The temperatures usually rise from May to the end of August.
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Sig has a population of over 61,373 people. Sig also forms one of the centres of the wider Mascara Province which has a population of over 780,959 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Sig has links with:
🇫🇷 Vierzon, FranceSee Also: 🇳🇴 Sigdal, Viken County, Eastern Norway Region, Norway | 🇲🇹 Siġġiewi, Southern Region, Malta | 🇷🇴 Sighetu Marmației, Maramureș County, Transylvania, Romania | 🇷🇴 Sighișoara, Mureş County, Transylvania, Romania | 🇮🇸 Siglufjörður, Northeastern Region, Iceland | 🇩🇪 Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 🇩🇪 Sigmaringendorf, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 🇦🇹 Sigmundsherberg, Lower Austria, Austria | 🇮🇹 Signa, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany Region, Italy | 🇺🇸 Signal Hill, California, United States | 🇸🇪 Sigtuna, Stockholm County, Södermanland Province, Sweden | 🇱🇻 Sigulda, Vidzeme Region, Latvia
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