Honaine
municipality of Algeria
Honaïne is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in northwestern Algeria.
Geography
The territory of the commune of Honaïne is situated to the north of the wilaya of Tlemcen.
Honaïne is a port city on the south-western shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It is located north of the Trara Mountains.
Located at the extreme north-west of Algeria, 60 km (37 mi) north-west of Tlemcen and West of Sidi Bel Abbès. There are beautiful beaches located near Honaïne.
In 1984, the commune of Honaïne is constituted from the following localities:
Honaïne
Tafsout
Ouled Youcef
Tadjera
Ouled Amar
History
Ancient
During the Roman Empire Honaïne was called by the Romans "Gypsaria" Gissaria and "Artisiga". It was a Roman town of the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis.
In late antiquity the town was embroiled in the Donatist controversy, and we know that at the Conference of Carthage of 411, the town was represented by both the Catholic Germano and Donatist Bishop Fidentino. A representative of the town is not known to have attended the 484 AD Synod of Huneric, also in Carthage.
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