City profile · Algeria · Africa
Tlemcen
City population
173,531
#18
in Algeria
#1
in Tlemcen
#3,299
worldwide
34.878, -1.315 · 447 km from Algiers
About Tlemcen
Tlemcen is a city in Tlemcen, Algeria with a population of 173,531. It is the 18th largest of the 294 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Algeria, and the 3,299th largest worldwide. It lies 447 km from Algiers.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 13
Coordinates
34.878, -1.315
Record updated
13 April 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 294 in AlgeriaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.