The name of Relizane comes from the Berber ⵉⵖⵉⵍ ⵉⵣⵣⴰⵏ (Iɣil Izzan) which means “burnt / grilled hill”.

[3] n Relizane, the summers are short, sweltering, arid, and mostly clear and the winters are long, cool, windy, and partly cloudy.

The region of Mina knows under the Roman domination which lasted nearly five centuries, its apogee in the agricultural and commercial development because of the fertility of its grounds and the richness of its soil.

[4] Islam made its appearance in the western region in 681, in 719-720 the Arab warriors led by Moussa Ibn Noçaïr settled in the city.

The city then experienced a prodigious development, but disease, drought abd insufficient harvests slowed down any progress.

In the south of Oran the revolt of the Ouled Sidi Cheikh broke out because of the discontent of the population since [[1860].