Hammam Righa (حمام ريغة) (ⵃⴻⵎⵎⴰⵎ ⵔⵉⵖⴰ) is a town in northern Algeria. During the period of Roman occupation, Hammam Righa was a Roman colony called Aquae Calidae.Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography It is located at 36.379474n, 2.395618e near the railway town of Boumedfaâ,Barrington Atlas p30 D4 Aquae Calidae. and is on the Oued Djer River. Aquae Calidae (Hammam Righa) The town is the largest of the three towns of Hammam Righa District.
The population in 2008 was 8488. Wilaya d'Aïn Defla : répartition de la population résidente des ménages ordinaires et collectifs, selon la commune de résidence et la dispersion Données du recensement général de la population et de l'habitat de 2008 sur le site de l'ONS. and the population density is 369 persons/km².
Maurice Audin (1932-1957), mathematician, lived here from 1943 to 1946.Michèle Audin, Une vie brève, Paris, Gallimard, 2013, pp. 49-56.
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