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Adrar (Arabic: ولاية أدرار, Berber languages: ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ) 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, roughly the size of the US state of California. It had 402,197 inhabitants at the 2008 population census.[1]

For the region of Mauritania, see Adrar Region.
Adrar Province
ولاية أدرار
Province
Map of Algeria highlighting Adrar
Coordinates: 27°52′50″N 0°17′50″W
Country Algeria
CapitalAdrar
Government
 • PPA presidentMr. Menad Mehdi (FLN)
 • WāliMr. Messaoud Djari
Area
 • Total424,948 km2 (164,073 sq mi)
Elevation
276 m (906 ft)
Population
 (2008)[1]
 • Total402,197
 • Density0.95/km2 (2.5/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01 (CET)
Area Code+213 (0) 49
ISO 3166 codeDZ-01
Districts11
Municipalities28

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.


History


The province was created from parts of the Oasis department and Saoura department in 1974.


Geography



Location


The province of Adrar is located in south-west Algeria.


Administrative divisions


The province comprises 7 districts (daïras) and 16 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
Fenoughil 3 Fenoughil • Tamentit • Tamest 20,970 24,532
Reggane 2 Reggane • Sali 140,981 25,483
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]
01Adrarأدرار43,903
02Tamestتامست6,658
03Charouineشروين8,678
04Regganeرقان14,179
05In Zghmirان زقمير14,062
06Titتيط3,160
07Ksar Kaddourقصر قدور3,500
08Tsabitتسابيت11,832
09Timimoun (Timmimoun)تيميمون28,595
10Ouled Saidأوالد السعيد7,538
11Zaouiet Kountaزاوية كنتة14,531
12Aoulefأولف15,229
13Timokten (Timoktene, Timekten, Tamekten)تمقطن14,134
14Tamentit (Tamantit)تمنطيط7,912
15Fenoughilفنوغيل9,962
16Tinerkoukتينركوك13,393
17Deldoulدلدول7,465
18Saliسالى11,304
19Akabliأقبلى7,513
20Metarfaالطارفة7,061
21Ouled Ahmed Timmi (Ouled Ahmed Temmi)أوالد أحمد تيمى11,976
22Boudaبودة8,668
23Aougroutأوقروت9,878
24Talmineطلمين9,469
25Bordj Badji Mokhtarبرج باجى مختار9,323
26Sebaa (Sbaa)السبع1,989
27Ouled Aissaأوالد عيسى5,497
28Timiaouineتيمياوين4,206

See also



References


  1. Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on 2008-07-02.
  2. (in French) "Code Geographique National" (PDF). 5ème Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat (in Arabic). 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-13.
  3. "Répartition des Sièges des Assemblées Populaires Communales: 01 — Wilaya d'Adrar" (PDF). Journal Officiel de la République Algérienne (in French) (47). 10 July 2002.




На других языках

- [en] Adrar Province

[ru] Адрар (вилайет)

Адра́р[3][4] (араб. ولاية أدرار ‎) — вилайет[5] Алжира. Расположен в юго-западной части страны, имеет одноимённое название с административным центром.


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