Adrar Province

Adrar Province ولاية أدرار
Province
Map of Algeria highlighting Adrar
Coordinates: 27°52′50″N 0°17′50″W / 27.88056°N 0.29722°WCoordinates: 27°52′50″N 0°17′50″W / 27.88056°N 0.29722°W
Country	Algeria
Capital	Adrar
Government
• PPA president	Mr. Menad Mehdi (FLN)
• Wāli	Mr. Messaoud Djari
Area
• Total	424,948 km^2 (164,073 sq mi)
Elevation	276 m (906 ft)
Population (2008)[1]
• Total	402,197
• Density	0.95/km^2 (2.5/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01)
Area Code	+213 (0) 49
ISO 3166 code	DZ-01
Districts	11
Municipalities	28

Adrar (Arabic: ولاية أدرار‎, Wilayat Adrar) is a province (wilaya) in southwestern Algeria, named after its capital Adrar. It is the second-largest province, with an area of 424,948 km². It had 402,197 inhabitants at the 2008 population census.^[1]

It is bordered by five other wilayas: to the west by Tindouf; to the north by Béchar and El Bayadh; to the east by Ghardaïa and Tamanrasset. To the south, it is bordered by Mauritania and Mali.

Adrar is composed of three natural and cultural regions: Touat (Adrar, Zaouiet Kounta), Gourara (Aougrout, Timimoune) and Tidikelt (Aoulef), and 299 ksour.

Geography

Location

The province of Adrar is located at the south-west of Algeria.

Administrative divisions

The province comprises 11 districts (daïras) and 28 communes or municipalities (baladiyahs)

The following table shows the list of districts in the province of Adrar and all the communes in each district.

District	Number of communes	Communes	Area (km²)	Population
Adrar	3	Adrar • Bouda • Ouled Ahmed Timmi (Ouled Ahmed Temmi]]	9,423	64,547
Aoulef	4	Akabli • Aoulef • Timokten • Tit	23,936	40,036
Aougrout	3	Aougrout • Deldoul • Metarfa	16.363	24,404
Bordj Badji Mokhtar	2	Bordj Badji Mokhtar • Timiaouine	132.579	13,529
Charouine	3	Charouine • Ouled Aissa • Talmine	10.010	23,624
Fenoughil	3	Fenoughil • Tamentit • Tamest	20,970	24,532
Reggane	2	Reggane • Sali	140,981	25,483
Timimoun	2	Timimoun • Ouled Said	10,586	36,133
Tinerkouk	2	Ksar Kaddour • Tinerkouk	28,244	16,893
T'Sabit	2	Sebaa • Tsabit	19,446	13,821
Zaouiet Kounta	2	Zaouiet Kounta • In Zghmir	15,100	28,593

Districts

1. Adrar
2. Aougrout
3. Aoulef
4. Bordj Badji Mokhtar
5. Charouine
6. Fenoughil
7. Reggane
8. T'Sabit
9. Timimoun
10. Tinerkouk
11. Zaouiet Kounta

Communes

No. [2][3]	Commune [2][3]	Arabic [2]	Population [3]
01	Adrar	أدرار	43,903
02	Tamest	تامست	6,658
03	Charouine	شروين	8,678
04	Reggane	رقان	14,179
05	In Zghmir	ان زقمير	14,062
06	Tit	تيط	3,160
07	Ksar Kaddour	قصر قدور	3,500
08	Tsabit	تسابيت	11,832
09	Timimoun (Timmimoun)	تيميمون	28,595
10	Ouled Said	أوالد السعيد	7,538
11	Zaouiet Kounta	زاوية كنتة	14,531
12	Aoulef	أولف	15,229
13	Timokten (Timoktene, Timekten, Tamekten)	تمقطن	14,134
14	Tamentit (Tamantit)	تمنطيط	7,912
15	Fenoughil	فنوغيل	9,962
16	Tinerkouk	تينركوك	13,393
17	Deldoul	دلدول	7,465
18	Sali	سالى	11,304
19	Akabli	أقبلى	7,513
20	Metarfa	الطارفة	7,061
21	Ouled Ahmed Timmi (Ouled Ahmed Temmi)	أوالد أحمد تيمى	11,976
22	Bouda	بودة	8,668
23	Aougrout	أوقروت	9,878
24	Talmine	طلمين	9,469
25	Bordj Badji Mokhtar	برج باجى مختار	9,323
26	Sebaa (Sbaa)	السبع	1,989
27	Ouled Aissa	أوالد عيسى	5,497
28	Timiaouine	تيمياوين	4,206

References

1. Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on 2008-07-02.
2. (French) "Code Geographique National" (PDF). 5ème Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat (in Arabic). 2008.
3. "Repartition des Sieges des Assemblees Populaires Communales: 01 — Wilaya d'Adrar" (PDF). Journal Officiel de la Republique Algerienne N° 47 (in French). 10 July 2002.

External links

• Adrar Province