Oum Touyour (Arabic: أم اﻟﻄﻴﻮر) (also written Oum Tiour or Oum Thiour) is a town and commune in El M'Ghair District, El M'Ghair Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 11,069,[1] up from 9,735 in 1998,[2] with an annual growth rate of 1.3%, the lowest in the province.[1]
Oum Touyour
أم اﻟﻄﻴﻮر | |
|---|---|
Commune and town | |
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 Location of Oum Touyour commune within El M'Ghair Province | |
  Oum Touyour Location of Oum Touyour within Algeria | |
| Coordinates: 34°9′12″N 5°50′0″E / 34.15333°N 5.83333°E | |
| Country |  Algeria |
| Province | El M'Ghair Province |
| District | El M'Ghair District |
| Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
| • Total | 11,069 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Climate
editOum Touyour has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh), with very hot summers and mild winters, and very little precipitation throughout the year.
| Climate data for Oum Touyour | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16.8 (62.2) |
19.2 (66.6) |
23.3 (73.9) |
27.8 (82.0) |
33.2 (91.8) |
37.9 (100.2) |
41.4 (106.5) |
40.5 (104.9) |
35.2 (95.4) |
28.8 (83.8) |
21.9 (71.4) |
17.5 (63.5) |
28.6 (83.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.0 (51.8) |
13.3 (55.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
20.8 (69.4) |
25.9 (78.6) |
30.8 (87.4) |
33.9 (93.0) |
33.2 (91.8) |
28.7 (83.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
16.1 (61.0) |
11.9 (53.4) |
22.1 (71.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.3 (41.5) |
7.4 (45.3) |
10.2 (50.4) |
13.8 (56.8) |
18.6 (65.5) |
23.8 (74.8) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.0 (78.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
16.4 (61.5) |
10.4 (50.7) |
6.4 (43.5) |
15.6 (60.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 9 (0.4) |
6 (0.2) |
12 (0.5) |
9 (0.4) |
8 (0.3) |
2 (0.1) |
1 (0.0) |
2 (0.1) |
11 (0.4) |
13 (0.5) |
13 (0.5) |
10 (0.4) |
96 (3.8) |
| Source: climate-data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
Transportation
editThe regional road W300 connects Oum Touyour to national highway N3, which connects to Biskra to the north and Touggourt to the south. It is also the main link to the Oum Touyour aerodrome.
A short link called the N46A connects the N3 to Baadj just to the north, and from there the W31 leads northwest to Ouled Djellal. Further north, at Still, the N48 leaves the N3 to the southwest, connecting El Oued.
Education
edit6.8% of the population has a tertiary education, and another 15.4% has completed secondary education.[4] The overall literacy rate is 74.4%, and is 81.5% among males and 67.5% among females.[5]
Localities
editThe commune of Oum Touyour is composed of two localities:[6]
References
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- ^ a b c "Population: El Oued Wilaya" (PDF) (in French). Office National des Statistiques Algérie. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ^ "Algeria Communes". Statoids. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
- ^ "Climate data for: Oum Tiour". climate-data.org. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
- ^ "Structure relative de la population résidente des ménages ordinaires et collectifs âgée de 6 ans et plus selon le niveau d'instruction et la commune de résidence" (PDF) (in French). Office National des Statistiques Algérie. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ "Taux d'analphabétisme et taux d'alphabétisation de la population âgée de 15 ans et plus, selon le sexe et la commune de résidence " (PDF) (in French). Office National des Statistiques Algérie. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ "Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes. Wilaya d'El Oued" (PDF) (in French). Journal officiel de la République Algérienne. 19 December 1984. p. 1564. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-12. Retrieved 2 March 2013.