El Atteuf Explained

Official Name:	El Atteuf
Native Name:	Arabic: العطف
Settlement Type:	Commune and town
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Pushpin Map:	Algeria
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
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Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of El Atteuf within Algeria
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Algeria
Subdivision Name1:	Ghardaïa Province
Unit Pref:	Metric
Population As Of:	2008
Population Total:	14,752
Utc Offset:	+1
Coordinates:	32.4775°N 3.7478°W
Elevation M:	458

El Atteuf (Arabic: العطف) is a town and commune in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 14,752,^[1] up from 12,713 in 1998,^[2] and an annual population growth rate of 1.5%.^[1] It is located in the M'zab valley about 6km (04miles) east of Ghardaïa, the provincial capital.

Geography

El Atteuf lies on the banks of the Wadi Mzab, an intermittent river in the M'zab valley, downstream of Ghardaïa. The area has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[3] El Atteuf is the oldest town in the area.^[4]

Education

7.0% of the population has a tertiary education (the equal second highest in the province after Metlili), and another 16.6% has competed secondary education.^[5] The overall literacy rate is 89.4% (the highest in the province), and is 95.3% among males (equal highest in the province) and 83.2% among females (highest in the province).^[6]

Localities

The commune of El Atteuf is composed of four localities:^[7]

• Vieux Ksar El Atteuf
• Rezzag
• El Argoub
• Assedjlaf et la Palmeraie

References

Neighbouring towns and cities

Notes and References

1. Web site: Population: Ghardaïa Wilaya . Office National des Statistiques Algérie . 13 February 2013 . French . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130516131832/http://www.ons.dz/collections/w47_p1.pdf . 16 May 2013 .
2. Web site: Algeria Communes. Statoids. 9 March 2013.
3. Web site: M'Zab Valley. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 13 February 2013.
4. Web site: M'Zab. Jewish Virtual Library. 13 February 2013.
5. Web site: Structure relative de la population résidente des ménages ordinaires et collectifs âgée de 6 ans et plus selon le niveau d'instruction et la commune de résidence. . Office National des Statistiques Algérie . 13 February 2013 . French . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130516131702/http://www.ons.dz/collections/w47_p6.pdf . 16 May 2013 .
6. Web site: Taux d'analphabétisme et taux d'alphabétisation de la population âgée de 15 ans et plus, selon le sexe et la commune de résidence . . Office National des Statistiques Algérie . 13 February 2013 . French . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130516131804/http://www.ons.dz/collections/w47_p10.pdf . 16 May 2013 .
7. Web site: Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes. Wilaya d'El Oued. Journal officiel de la République Algérienne . 2 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605183219/http://www.joradp.dz/JO8499/1984/067/FP1578.pdf . 2011-06-05 . 1578 . French . 19 December 1984.