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.
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 .
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.