Aïn Taïba Explained

Aïn Taïba
Pushpin Map:Algeria
Pushpin Relief:y
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Algeria
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Algeria
Subdivision Name1:Ouargla Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Ouargla District
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:321
Population Density Km2:auto

'Aïn Taïba (or Hassi Taïba) is an oasis and pit cave in Algeria.

Location

Aïn Taïba is about south of Ouargla and about north of Bordj Omar Driss, in the middle of the desert.It is above sea level. It is a water hole with a perimeter of about .

History

Aïn Taïba was known to nineteenth-century explorers as the only water source in the Issaouane Erg (Grande Erg Orientale) dune massif.It was therefore a necessary stopping place. Among others the oasis was visited by Fernand Foureau, Ismaël Bou Derba, Paul Flatters and Gaston Méry.