Aïn El Hammam is a town and commune in Tizi Ouzou Province in northern Algeria. Ain El Hammam was called Michelet during the colonial period, so called in homage to the French historian Jules Michelet. It is today an Algerian commune of the Tizi Ouzou Province, in Kabylia, located 45 km southeast of Tizi Ouzou and 95 km northeast of Bouïra. Some …Aïn El Hammam is a town and commune in Tizi Ouzou Province in northern Algeria. Ain El Hammam was called Michelet during the colonial period, so called in homage to the French historian Jules Michelet. It is today an Algerian commune of the Tizi Ouzou Province, in Kabylia, located 45 km southeast of Tizi Ouzou and 95 km northeast of Bouïra. Some call it the hammam locally because being a cold thermal spring well recognized in time, it was also Soq ne Ts'latha; or "market of Tuesday", surrounded by markets known in the region like Sevt nath yahya, Souq el Djemaa, Larvaa nath Iratehen, etc. The city is located on the north slope of Djurdjura, at 1080 meters above sea level. The villages of the commune of Aïn El Hammam are built on the side of mountain, up to an altitude of 1800 meters
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