| Bordj Omar Driss | |
| Native Name: | برج عمار إدريس |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Type: | Town and Commune |
| Mapsize: | 180px |
| Pushpin Map: | Algeria |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Bordj Omar Driss within Algeria |
| Coordinates: | 28.1464°N 6.8256°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Algeria |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Seat Type: | District seat |
| Leader Title: | PMA Seats |
| Leader Name: | 7 |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 82280 |
| Population Total: | 5736 |
| Population As Of: | 2008 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +01 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 33210 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | ONS code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 3304 |
Bordj Omar Driss is a town and commune in In Amenas District, Illizi Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 5,736,[1] up from 3,547 in 1998,[2] and an annual population growth rate of 5.0%.[1] Its postal code is 33210 and its municipal code is 3304.
Bordj Omar Driss lies at an elevation of 354m (1,161feet) at the south-western end of the Hamada de Tinrhert Desert, a vast rocky region of the Sahara Desert that extends eastwards into Libya. To the south of the town is an area of sand dunes, beyond which lies the mountain range Djebel Essaoui Mellene, an extension of the Tassili n'Ajjer range.
Bordj Omar Driss has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh), with long and extremely hot summers with averages high temperatures well above 40 °C (104 °F) during June, July and August and brief and very warm winters with averages low temperatures below 4 °C (39.2 °F) in January, the coldest month of the year as well as very little precipitation throughout the entire year as the town averages only about 25 mm of rainfall.
A road connects Bordj Omar Driss to the N3 national highway (to Hassi Messaoud to the north and In Amenas to the east) at the village of Hassi Bel Guebour. The town in served by Bordj Omar Driss Airport.[3]
4.5% of the population has a tertiary education, and another 11.1% has completed secondary education.[4] The overall literacy rate is 73.0%, and is 81.9% among males and 62.7% among females.[5]
The commune is composed of eight localities:[6]
Neighbouring towns and cities