In the proximity of Reggane at 26°43' northern latitude and 0°17 ' eastern length there was until 1965 a rocket launching site where numerous civilian and military ballistic rockets were launched. رقان) is a town in the Adrar Province of central Algeria, in the Sahara Desert. That one, like all but one of the tests that followed, was extremely “dirty”, spewing out a cloud of radiation that affected much of Africa north of the Equator– and even reaching the Spanish coast and part of Sicily– but not mainland France itself. Reggane (from Berber "Argan"; Arabic: رقان‎) is a town and commune, and the capital of Reggane District, in Adrar Province, central Algeria. 11 people have helped this campaign Mustapha Saadi campaign leader. Reggane lies in the Sahara Desert near an oasis. ( ar. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 20,402, up from 14,179 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 3.8%.

It is the southernmost town of the Tuat.In the proximity of Reggane at 26°43 northern latitude and 0°17 eastern length there was until 1965 a rocket launching… Reggane, from Berber "Argan", (Arabic: رقان ‎) is a town in the Adrar Province of central Algeria, in the Sahara Desert.It is the southernmost town of the Tuat.. According to Algerian researchers, 17 nuclear tests in total were conducted by France in the Sahara, including 4 Reggane between 1960 and the final withdrawal of … Colonial France conducted its first test in Algeria on 13 February 1960 under the code Reggane "The Jerboa blue." The very first of France's A-bombs, code-named Gerboise Bleue, was detonated at the CSEM, Centre Saharien d'Expérimentations Militaires ('Saharan Military Experiments Center'), near Reggane on 13 February 1960 – right in the middle of the Algerian War (cf. But these Algerians were not properly warned of their danger after France’s misgoverned nuclear bomb-testing campaign of … The test at Reggane was the first of 13 nuclear tests that a specialized unit of the French military launched in Algeria. 1960-01-24 Algeria uprises against French president De Gaulle; 1960-02-13 France performs 1st nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria; 1960-04-01 France performs nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds, Algeria; 1961-01-08 The French vote for Algerian independence from French rule in the wake of seven years of guerrilla war Gerboise Bleue Test Tower is a mast (wired) in Reggane, , Algeria. Recognition, Compensation and Support for Victims of French Nuclear Tests in Reggane in Algeria. The two nuclear testing grounds that France used in the Sahara desert in Algeria for its first atomic bombs in the 1960s. View a detailed profile of the structure 1279057 including further data and descriptions in the Emporis database.