Lac Tèmiscamingue is located in both Ontario and Quebec. With an area of 65,878 square kilometres (25,436 square miles) that boasts natural landscapes and some 20,000 lakes, Abitibi-Temiscamingue is an ideal place to enjoy a variety of sports as well as countless leisure and outdoor activities year round. The University du Quebec en Abitibi-Temiscamingue, which has satellite campuses in every MRC, has been welcoming foreign students for 20 years, primarily from France and the Maghreb as well as from several other African countries.