title: Tadjena
text: # Tadjena
  
  36°19′N 1°08′E﻿ / ﻿36.317°N 1.133°E﻿ / 36.317; 1.133
  
  Tadjena (Arabic: تدجنة) (formerly Fromentin) is a town in the Dahra mountains in Chlef Province in central Algeria, with a population of about 23,000; its altitude is 438 m.
  
  ## History
  
  The settlement of Tadjena was originally named after Eugene Fromentin, a French painter and poet who spent a lot of time in Algeria. The Tadjena massacre in 1997 occurred in two villages nearby.
  
  