History
The Red Oasis,” as some of the French called it in relation to its red colored houses, is a very beautiful city characterized by its Islamic architectural character.
The city of Timimoun, or the bride of the desert, as its visitors call it, is characterized by a unique urban and architectural character, which prompted French researchers at the time of colonialism to classify it on the basis that it is one of the most wonderful oases of the region, as one researcher described it as wide, rich and fertile, and better than the oases he visited surrounded by From all sides, hills and small hills with red soil, where there are ancient palaces that are beautiful and sprawling among the sand dunes, their caves, their old reeds, and the dense palm oases, trees and desert plants, thus forming a mosaic of an artistic painting open to the vast desert nature.Timimoun summarizes history in its ancient palaces. And bring serenity in its vast oases. It is intended for researchers for a warm break in the cold winter, where Timimoun knows an active movement over the winter tourist season that extends from October to May of each year, and Europeans are among the most attracted tourists to this region located in the southwest of Algeria, due to its picturesque nature and geographical peculiarities, Besides its mild climate at this time of the year.
Timimoun is located in the south of Algeria in the Guerara region, about 1,400 km from Algiers, and its area exceeds 1,000 square kilometers and is inhabited by more than 4,000 people. The local area, surrounded by fields, orchards and palm oases, because most of the inhabitants of these areas depend on traditional agriculture for their way of life, which is irrigated by wells connected to each other, known locally as the Foqair.