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El Golea, Algeria

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El Golea
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El Golea, Algeria
General
El Golea is a beautiful oasis in central Algeria. It is located among date palms. But there are not only first class dates, that you can find, because El Golea grows peaches and apricots. It has a population of 24 000.

Violence & thefts
See: Algiers

History
The history of El Golea started in the 10th century, when the Berber tribes settled here. On the hills surrounding the oasis you can still find well preserved ruins of their fortifications.

What to see and what to visit
About 2 km south from the oasis there is a catholic church ? the first one that was built in Sahara. It was consecrated in 1938. Charles de Foucauld ? a catholic priest who wanted to bring Christianity to this part of Africa is buried there. The old part of the town is full of small houses made of clay. The new part is ugly and uninteresting.

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