Adrar Province | |
Native Name: | ولاية أدرار |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Type: | Province |
Map Caption1: | Map of the 11 districts of Adrar |
Coordinates: | 27.8806°N -0.2972°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Algeria |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Adrar |
Leader Title: | PPA president |
Leader Name: | Mr. Menad Mehdi (FLN) |
Leader Title1: | Wāli |
Leader Name1: | Mr. Messaoud Djari |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 424948 |
Elevation M: | 276 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 402197 |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +01 |
Iso Code: | DZ-01 |
Area Code Type: | Area Code |
Area Code: | +213 (0) 49 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Districts |
Blank Info Sec1: | 11 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Municipalities |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | 28 |
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.
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 and 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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adrar | 3 | AdrarBoudaOuled Ahmed Timmi (Ouled Ahmed Temmi) | 9,423 | 64,547 | |
Aoulef | 4 | AkabliAoulefTimoktenTit | 23,936 | 40,036 | |
Fenoughil | 3 | FenoughilTamentitTamest | 20,970 | 24,532 | |
Reggane | 2 | RegganeSali | 140,981 | 25,483 | |
T'Sabit | 2 | SebaaTsabit | 19,446 | 13,821 | |
Zaouiet Kounta | 2 | Zaouiet KountaIn Zghmir | 15,100 | 28,593 |
No. | Commune | Arabic [2] | Population [3] |
---|---|---|---|
01 | Arabic: أدرار | ||
02 | Arabic: تامست | ||
03 | Arabic: رقان | ||
04 | Arabic: ان زقمير | ||
05 | Arabic: تيط | ||
06 | Arabic: تسابيت | ||
07 | Arabic: زاوية كنتة | ||
08 | Arabic: أولف | ||
09 | Timokten (Timoktene, Timekten, Tamekten) | Arabic: تمقطن | |
10 | Tamentit (Tamantit) | Arabic: تمنطيط | |
11 | Arabic: فنوغيل | ||
12 | Arabic: سالى | ||
13 | Arabic: أقبلى | ||
14 | Ouled Ahmed Timmi (Ouled Ahmed Temmi) | Arabic: أوالد أحمد تيمى | |
15 | Arabic: بودة |