El Amra

El Amra is a town in northern Algeria. El Amra, in Arabic: العامرة (the full, opulent) ("crown of agriculture" 2), until the decree of 2 January 1976, is a municipality of the wilaya Of Aïn Defla in Algeria, located about 15 km north-west of Aïn Defla. El Amra is a region of plains to the south, but of mountain and forest in the north with Djebel Tsili Mount (798 m) and Mount Djebel Mechta Anneb (1118 m) which are part of the central mass of the Dahra and the Forest of Oued El Khemis. It lies between the El Arch wadi to the east and a boundary that follows the Wadi Boutaga to the west of Oued El Khemis to the west. In the South, the Chelif delimits and waters it. Some ruins called Kherba are also in the commune. In Antiquity it was occupied by the Mazices tribes of the region Which played a part in the constitution of the pre-Roman Berber kingdoms. The Romans colonized it from the first century AD. and Numerous ruins litter the area. The most important Roman ruin is that of the fort 'Gargra' one and a half kilometers east of the city. Its Roman toponym is unknown.