Honaine

Honaine is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in northwestern Algeria.GeographyThe territory of the commune of Honaïne is situated to the north of the wilaya of Tlemcen. Honaïne is a port city on the south-western shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It is located north of the Trara Mountains.Located at the extreme north-west of Algeria, 60km north-west of Tlemcen and West of Sidi Bel Abbes. There are beautiful beaches located near Honaine.In 1984, the commune of Honaïne is constituted from the following localities: Honaine Tafsout Ouled Youcef Tadjera Ouled Amar HistoryAncientDuring the Roman Empire Honaïne was called by the Romans "Gypsaria" Gissaria and "Artisiga". It was a Roman town of the Roman province of Mauritania Cesariense.In late antiquity the town was embroiled in the Donatist controversy, and we know that at the Conference of Carthage of 411, the town was represented by both the Catholic Germano and Donatist Bishop Fidentino. A representative of the town is not known to have attended the 484AD Synod of Huneric, also in Carthage. Today the diocese of Gissaria survives as a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church and the current bishop is Radosław Zmitrowicz, of Kam'janec'-Podil's'kyj.