Adrar Province
Adrar (Arabic: ولاية أدرار, Berber languages: ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ) is a province (wilaya) in southwestern Algeria, named after its capital Adrar. It is the second-largest province, with an area of 424,948 km², roughly the size of the US state of California. It had 402,197 inhabitants at the 2008 population census.[1]
Adrar Province ولاية أدرار | |
|---|---|
 Map of Algeria highlighting Adrar | |
| Coordinates: 27°52′50″N 0°17′50″W / 27.88056°N 0.29722°WCoordinates: 27°52′50″N 0°17′50″W / 27.88056°N 0.29722°W | |
| Country |  Algeria |
| Capital | Adrar |
| Government | |
| • PPA president | Mr. Menad Mehdi (FLN) |
| • Wāli | Mr. Messaoud Djari |
| Area | |
| • Total | 424,948 km2 (164,073 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 276 m (906 ft) |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
| • Total | 402,197 |
| • Density | 0.95/km2 (2.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Area Code | +213 (0) 49 |
| ISO 3166 code | DZ-01 |
| Districts | 11 |
| Municipalities | 28 |
It is bordered by five other wilayas: to the west by Tindouf; to the north by Béchar and El Bayadh; to the east by Ghardaïa and Tamanrasset. To the south, it is bordered by Mauritania and Mali.
Adrar is composed of three natural and cultural regions: Touat (Adrar, Zaouiet Kounta), Gourara (Aougrout, Timimoune) and Tidikelt (Aoulef), and 299 ksour.
GeographyEdit
Administrative divisionsEdit
The province comprises 11 districts (daïras) and 28 communes or municipalities (baladiyahs)
The following table shows the list of districts in the province of Adrar and all the communes in each district.
| District | Number of communes |
Communes | Area (km²) |
Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrar | 3 | Adrar • Bouda • Ouled Ahmed Timmi (Ouled Ahmed Temmi) | 9,423 | 64,547 |
| Aoulef | 4 | Akabli • Aoulef • Timokten • Tit | 23,936 | 40,036 |
| Aougrout | 3 | Aougrout • Deldoul • Metarfa | 16.363 | 24,404 |
| Bordj Badji Mokhtar | 2 | Bordj Badji Mokhtar • Timiaouine | 132.579 | 13,529 |
| Charouine | 3 | Charouine • Ouled Aissa • Talmine | 10.010 | 23,624 |
| Fenoughil | 3 | Fenoughil • Tamentit • Tamest | 20,970 | 24,532 |
| Reggane | 2 | Reggane • Sali | 140,981 | 25,483 |
| Timimoun | 2 | Timimoun • Ouled Said | 10,586 | 36,133 |
| Tinerkouk | 2 | Ksar Kaddour • Tinerkouk | 28,244 | 16,893 |
| T'Sabit | 2 | Sebaa • Tsabit | 19,446 | 13,821 |
| Zaouiet Kounta | 2 | Zaouiet Kounta • In Zghmir | 15,100 | 28,593 |
DistrictsEdit
CommunesEdit
| No.[2][3] | Commune [2][3] | Arabic [2] | Population [3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Adrar | أدرار | 43,903 |
| 02 | Tamest | تامست | 6,658 |
| 03 | Charouine | شروين | 8,678 |
| 04 | Reggane | رقان | 14,179 |
| 05 | In Zghmir | ان زقمير | 14,062 |
| 06 | Tit | تيط | 3,160 |
| 07 | Ksar Kaddour | قصر قدور | 3,500 |
| 08 | Tsabit | تسابيت | 11,832 |
| 09 | Timimoun (Timmimoun) | تيميمون | 28,595 |
| 10 | Ouled Said | أوالد السعيد | 7,538 |
| 11 | Zaouiet Kounta | زاوية كنتة | 14,531 |
| 12 | Aoulef | أولف | 15,229 |
| 13 | Timokten (Timoktene, Timekten, Tamekten) | تمقطن | 14,134 |
| 14 | Tamentit (Tamantit) | تمنطيط | 7,912 |
| 15 | Fenoughil | فنوغيل | 9,962 |
| 16 | Tinerkouk | تينركوك | 13,393 |
| 17 | Deldoul | دلدول | 7,465 |
| 18 | Sali | سالى | 11,304 |
| 19 | Akabli | أقبلى | 7,513 |
| 20 | Metarfa | الطارفة | 7,061 |
| 21 | Ouled Ahmed Timmi (Ouled Ahmed Temmi) | أوالد أحمد تيمى | 11,976 |
| 22 | Bouda | بودة | 8,668 |
| 23 | Aougrout | أوقروت | 9,878 |
| 24 | Talmine | طلمين | 9,469 |
| 25 | Bordj Badji Mokhtar | برج باجى مختار | 9,323 |
| 26 | Sebaa (Sbaa) | السبع | 1,989 |
| 27 | Ouled Aissa | أوالد عيسى | 5,497 |
| 28 | Timiaouine | تيمياوين | 4,206 |
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on 2008-07-02.
- ^ a b c (in French) "Code Geographique National" (PDF). 5ème Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat (in Arabic). 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-13.
- ^ a b c "Repartition des Sieges des Assemblees Populaires Communales: 01 — Wilaya d'Adrar" (PDF). Journal Officiel de la Republique Algerienne N° 47 (in French). 10 July 2002.