Official Name: | Hassi Fehal |
Native Name: | حاسي لفحل |
Settlement Type: | Commune and town |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Pushpin Map: | Algeria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Hassi Fehal within Algeria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Algeria |
Subdivision Name1: | Ghardaïa Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Mansoura District |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Population Total: | 3,651 |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 31.6053°N 3.6742°W |
Elevation M: | 379 |
Hassi Fehal (Arabic: حاسي لفحل) (also written Hassi Lefhal) is a town and commune in Mansoura District, Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 3,651, up from 2,164 in 1998,[1] and a growth rate of 5.5%, the highest in the province.[2]
Hassi Fehal lies on the Trans-Sahara Highway just south of Mansoura, between Ghardaïa to the north and El Goléa to the south.
4.0% of the population has a tertiary education, and another 15.3% has completed secondary education.[3] The overall literacy rate is 68.0%, and is 72.4% among males and 63.2% among females, all three figures being the lowest for any commune in the province.[4]
The commune of Hassi Fehal is composed of one locality:[5]
Neighbouring towns and cities