Timimoun Province | |
Native Name: | ولاية تيميمون |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Type: | Province |
Map Caption1: | Map of districts of Timimoun |
Coordinates: | 29.2583°N 0.2306°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Algeria |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Timimoun |
Leader Title1: | Wāli |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 65,203 |
Elevation M: | 276 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 122,019 (2008) |
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: | 4 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Municipalities |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | 10 |
The Wilaya of Timimoun is an Algerian province created in 2019, previously, a delegated wilaya created in 2015. It is in the Algerian Sahara.
The wilaya of Timimoun is in the Algerian Sahara; its area is 131,220 km².
It is delimited by:
The wilaya of Timimoun was created on November 26, 2019.
Previously, it was a delegated wilaya, created according to the law n° 15–140 of May 27, 2015, creating administrative districts in certain wilayas and fixing the specific rules related to them, as well as the list of municipalities that are attached to it. Before 2019, it was attached to the Adrar Province.
During the administrative breakdown of 2015, the delegated wilaya of Timimoun is made up of 4 districts and 10 communes.
District | Commune | Arabic |
---|---|---|
Aougrout District | Aougrout | أوﻗﺮت |
Deldoul | دﻟﺪول | |
Metarfa | المطارفة | |
Charouine District | Charouine | ﺷﺮوﻳﻦ |
Ouled Aissa | وﻻد ﻋﻴﺴﻰ | |
Talmine | ﻃﺎﻟﻤﻴﻦ | |
Timimoun District | Ouled Said | أولاد السعيد |
Timimoun | ﺗﻴﻤﻴﻤﻮن | |
Tinerkouk District | Ksar Kaddour | قصر قدور |
Tinerkouk | تينركوك |