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 | |
|---|---|
.svg) 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.
HistoryEdit
The province was created from parts of the Oasis department and Saoura department in 1974.
GeographyEdit
LocationEdit
The province of Adrar is located in south-west Algeria.
Administrative divisionsEdit
The province comprises 7 districts (daïras) and 16 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 |
| Fenoughil | 3 | Fenoughil • Tamentit • Tamest | 20,970 | 24,532 |
| Reggane | 2 | Reggane • Sali | 140,981 | 25,483 |
| 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 "Répartition des Sièges des Assemblées Populaires Communales: 01 — Wilaya d'Adrar" (PDF). Journal Officiel de la République Algérienne (in French) (47). 10 July 2002.