Tigzirt, the classical Iomnium, is a small town on the coast of northeast Algeria in Tizi Ouzou Province.

[1] The town was established as a Phoenician colony on a small and easily defended peninsula.

It is sheltered and tucked beneath the hills which separate it from Tizi-Ouzou.

A local tourist office is open in the summer months and there are lodging quarters at the Hotel el Awres on main street.

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