Official Name: | Kouinine |
Native Name: | كوينين |
Settlement Type: | Commune and town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Algeria |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Kouinine within Algeria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Algeria |
Subdivision Name1: | El Oued Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | El Oued District |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Population Total: | 10,076 |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 33.4°N 56°W |
Elevation M: | 74 |
Kouinine (ar|آﻮﻳﻨﻴﻦ) is a town and commune in El Oued District, El Oued Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 10,076,[1] up from 7,571 in 1998,[2] with a population growth rate of 3.0%.[1]
Kouinine has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh), with very hot summers and mild winters. Rainfall is light and sporadic, and summers are particularly dry.
Kouinine is on the N48, just 4km (02miles) from the provincial capital El Oued, of which Kounine forms a part of its urban area . The N48 leads north to Still and eventually Biskra.
7.0% of the population has a tertiary education, and another 23.2% has completed secondary education.[3] The overall literacy rate is 84.9%, and is 90.5% among males and 79.1% among females.[4]
The commune of Kouinine is composed of two localities:[5]
Neighbouring towns and cities