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 | |
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Coordinates: 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.
The province was created from parts of the Oasis Province
and Saoura Province in 1974.The province of Adrar is located in south-west Algeria.
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 |
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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 |
No.[2][3] | Commune [2][3] | Arabic [2] | Population [3] |
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01 | Adrar | أدرار | 43,903 |
02 | Tamest | تامست | 6,658 |
03 | Reggane | رقان | 14,179 |
04 | In Zghmir | ان زقمير | 14,062 |
05 | Tit | تيط | 3,160 |
06 | Tsabit | تسابيت | 11,832 |
07 | Zaouiet Kounta | زاوية كنتة | 14,531 |
08 | Aoulef | أولف | 15,229 |
09 | Timokten (Timoktene, Timekten, Tamekten) | تمقطن | 14,134 |
10 | Tamentit (Tamantit) | تمنطيط | 7,912 |
11 | Fenoughil | فنوغيل | 9,962 |
12 | Sali | سالى | 11,304 |
13 | Akabli | أقبلى | 7,513 |
14 | Ouled Ahmed Timmi (Ouled Ahmed Temmi) | أوالد أحمد تيمى | 11,976 |
15 | Bouda | بودة | 8,668} |
16 | Bordj Badji Mokhtar | برج باجى مختار | 9,323 |
17 | Sebaa (Sbaa) | السبع | 1,989 |
18 | Timiaouine | تيمياوين | 4,206 |