Aïn Kercha

Aïn Kercha
Commune and town
Coordinates: 35°55′N 6°42′E
Country	Algeria
Province	Oum El Bouaghi Province
Population  (2008)
• Total	30,575
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)

Aïn Kercha is a town and commune in Oum El Bouaghi Province, Algeria.

Localities of the commune

The commune of Aïn Kercha is composed of 10 localities:[1]

• Centre Aïn Kercha
• Graa Saïda
• Ouled Ahmed Ben Sassi
• Oued Kercha
• Kercha Seghira
• El Karma
• Madjen Dahri
• Madjen El Guebli
• Dakhla
• Kessar Touadjène

2014 plane crash

On 11 February 2014, a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft of the Algerian Air Force crashed near Aïn Kercha, killing 77 of the 78 people on board.

References

1. "Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes. Wilaya d`oum El Bouagh" [Decree n ° 84-365, fixing the composition, the consistency and the territorial limits of the communes. Wilaya d`oum El Bouagh] (PDF). Journal officiel de la République Algérienne (in French) (67): 1479. 19 December 1984. Retrieved 3 October 2019.