Adrar Province Explained

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.

History

The province was created from parts of the and in 1974.

Geography

Location

The province of Adrar is located in south-west Algeria.

Administrative divisions

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.

DistrictNumber of
communes
CommunesArea
(km2)
Population
Adrar3AdrarBoudaOuled Ahmed Timmi (Ouled Ahmed Temmi)9,42364,547
Aoulef4AkabliAoulefTimoktenTit23,93640,036
Fenoughil3FenoughilTamentitTamest20,97024,532
Reggane2RegganeSali140,98125,483
T'Sabit2SebaaTsabit19,44613,821
Zaouiet Kounta2Zaouiet KountaIn Zghmir15,10028,593

Districts

  1. Adrar
  2. Aoulef
  3. Bordj Badji Mokhtar
  4. Fenoughil
  5. Reggane
  6. T'Sabit
  7. Zaouiet Kounta

Communes

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
|-| 16 || Bordj Badji Mokhtar || Arabic: برج باجى مختار || align="right" | |-| 17 || Sebaa (Sbaa) || Arabic: السبع || align="right" | |-| 18 || Timiaouine || Arabic: تيمياوين || align="right" | |}

See also

External links


Notes and References

  1. http://rgph2008.ons.dz/resultat/histo.htm Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008
  2. Web site: Code Geographique National . 5ème Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat . 2008 . ar . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101113150408/http://www.ons.dz/IMG/code%20geo%20-%20fra%20-%20ara.pdf . 2010-11-13 .
  3. Répartition des Sièges des Assemblées Populaires Communales: 01 — Wilaya d'Adrar . . Journal Officiel de la République Algérienne . 47 . 10 July 2002. fr.