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Tamentit
Tamentit () (sometimes spelled Tamantit) is a town and ''commune'' or municipality in Fenoughil District of Adrar Province, in south-central Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 9,481, up from 7,912 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 1.9%. Until the late twentieth century the people of Tamentit spoke Taznatit Berber. Geography The villages of Tamentit are located near oases that are part of the Tuat region in northern Adrar Province, between the communes of Adrar to the north and Fenoughil to the south. The rocky Tademaït plateau rises far to the east, while the sandy Erg Iguidi and Erg Chech deserts lie to the west. The Tamentit iron meteorite was found nearby in 1864.Tamentit meteorite at Meteoritical Bulletin Database. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuat
Tuat, or Touat, is a natural region of desert in central Algeria that contains a string of small oases. In the past, the oases were important for caravans crossing the Sahara. Geography Tuat lies to the south of the Grand Erg Occidental, to the east of the Erg Chech and to the south west of the Tademaït Plateau. It contains a string of small oases strung out along the eastern edge of the Wadi Messaoud, a continuation of the Wadi Saoura. The oases extend over a distance of 160 km from the district of Bouda in the north to Reggane in the south. The largest town in the region is Adrar, 20 km south east of Bouda. Adrar was established by the French after their conquest in 1900 and had a population of 43,903 in 2002. Associated with each oasis are small walled villages called '' ksour'' (singular ''ksar'' or ''gsar''). There are also some forts (''kasbahs''), most of which have been abandoned. There is almost no rainfall in the region and the agriculture depends on grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Meteorite
Iron meteorites, also known as siderites, or ferrous meteorites, are a type of meteorite that consist overwhelmingly of an iron–nickel alloy known as meteoric iron that usually consists of two mineral phases: kamacite and taenite. Most iron meteorites originate from cores of planetesimals, with the exception of the IIE iron meteorite group The iron found in iron meteorites was one of the earliest sources of usable iron available to humans, due to the malleability and ductility of the meteoric iron, before the development of smelting that signaled the beginning of the Iron Age. Occurrence Although they are fairly rare compared to the stony meteorites, comprising only about 5.7% of witnessed falls, iron meteorites have historically been heavily over-represented in meteorite collections. This is due to several factors: * They are easily recognized as unusual even by laymen, as opposed to stony meteorites. Modern-day searches for meteorites in deserts and Antarctica yield a muc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrar Province
Adrar ( ar, ولاية أدرار, ber, 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. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fenoughil District
Fenoughil District is a district of Adrar Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 29,540. Communes The district is further divided into 3 communes: * Fenoughil *Tamentit Tamentit () (sometimes spelled Tamantit) is a town and ''commune'' or municipality in Fenoughil District of Adrar Province, in south-central Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 9,481, up from 7,912 in 1998, with an annua ... * Tamest References Districts of Adrar Province {{AdrarDZ-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fenoughil
Fenoughil ( ar, ﻓﻨﻮﻏﻴﻞ) is a commune, and the capital of Fenoughil District, Adrar Province, in south-central Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 11,793, up from 9,962 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 1.7%. Geography The villages in Fenoughil commune, from Tasfaout in the north to Bour Sidi Youssef in the south, are all built around the northern and eastern side of oases at an elevation of about . These oases form part of a long longer string of oases known as the Tuat region, running from north to south through Adrar Province. Beyond the oases, the sandy Erg Chech desert lies to the west and the rocky Tademaït plateau lies to the east. Climate Fenoughil has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification ''BWh''), with extremely hot summers and mild winters, and very little precipitation throughout the year. Transportation The main road in Fenoughil is the N6 national highway, which runs through the commune from Adrar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrar, Algeria
Adrar ( Berber: Adrar, ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ; ar, أدرار) is the administrative capital of Adrar Province, the second largest province in Algeria. The commune is sited around an oasis in the Touat region of the Sahara Desert. According to a 2008 census it has a population of 64,781, up from 43,903 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 4.0%. Adrar is mainly an agricultural town, characterized by its traditional irrigation system, the ''Foggara''. Geography Adrar lies at an elevation of above sea level. A large oasis lies to the southwest of the town; this oasis lies in the Tuat region, a string of oases running from Bouda in the north to Reggane in the south. A vast area of sand dunes, the Erg Chech, lies to the west, while a large rocky plateau, the Tademaït, lies to the east. Nuclear testing Adrar was the site of one of the In Ekker series, French nuclear tests during the 1960s. Climate Adrar has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification ''BWh''), with long, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reggane
Reggane (from Berber "Argan"; ar, رقان) is a town and commune, and the capital of Reggane District, in Adrar Province, central Algeria. Reggane lies in the Sahara Desert near an oasis. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 20,402, up from 14,179 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 3.8%. Berber tribes and people live in and around Reggane. History To the east of Reggane there was, until 1965, a rocket launching site where numerous civilian and military ballistic rockets were launched. France began its nuclear testing program in the vicinity of Reggane, conducting four such tests during the Algerian War in 1960 and 1961, before independence. Geography The town of Reggane and its neighbouring villages lie next to the southernmost oasis of the Tuat region, which stretches northward to Adrar. The Tidikelt region, a plain with isolated oases, lies to the east, including towns such as In Salah, In Ghar, Aoulef and Tit. To the west is the sandy Erg Chech desert, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oulad El Ouali
Oulad may refer to: People *Chahid Oulad El Hadj (born 1988), a professional Moroccan-Dutch Welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer and martial artist Places *Dar Oulad Zidouh, a town in Béni-Mellal Province, Tadla-Azilal, Morocco *Oulad Abbou, a town in Settat Province, Chaouia-Ouardigha, Morocco *Oulad Ayad, a town in Béni-Mellal Province, Tadla-Azilal, Morocco *Oulad Embarek, a small town, southwest of Beni Mellal in Beni Mellal Province, in the Tadla-Azilal region of Morocco *Oulad H Riz Sahel, a town in Settat Province, Chaouia-Ouardigha, Morocco * Oulad M'Rah, a town in Settat Province, Chaouia-Ouardigha, Morocco *Oulad M Barek, a town in Béni-Mellal Province, Tadla-Azilal, Morocco *Oulad Said, a town in Settat Province, Chaouia-Ouardigha, Morocco *Oulad Teima, a town in Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ, Morocco *Oulad Yahya Louta, a town in Ben Slimane Province, Chaouia-Ouardigha, Morocco *Oulad Yaich, a town in Béni-Mellal Province, Tadla-Azilal, Morocco *Oulad Zbair, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oulad Elhadj
Oulad may refer to: People *Chahid Oulad El Hadj (born 1988), a professional Moroccan-Dutch Welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer and martial artist Places *Dar Oulad Zidouh, a town in Béni-Mellal Province, Tadla-Azilal, Morocco *Oulad Abbou, a town in Settat Province, Chaouia-Ouardigha, Morocco *Oulad Ayad, a town in Béni-Mellal Province, Tadla-Azilal, Morocco *Oulad Embarek, a small town, southwest of Beni Mellal in Beni Mellal Province, in the Tadla-Azilal region of Morocco *Oulad H Riz Sahel, a town in Settat Province, Chaouia-Ouardigha, Morocco * Oulad M'Rah, a town in Settat Province, Chaouia-Ouardigha, Morocco *Oulad M Barek, a town in Béni-Mellal Province, Tadla-Azilal, Morocco *Oulad Said, a town in Settat Province, Chaouia-Ouardigha, Morocco *Oulad Teima, a town in Taroudant Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ, Morocco *Oulad Yahya Louta, a town in Ben Slimane Province, Chaouia-Ouardigha, Morocco *Oulad Yaich, a town in Béni-Mellal Province, Tadla-Azilal, Morocco *Oulad Zbair, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Köppen Climate Classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notably in 1918 and 1936. Later, the climatologist Rudolf Geiger (1894–1981) introduced some changes to the classification system, which is thus sometimes called the Köppen–Geiger climate classification system. The Köppen climate classification divides climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on seasonal precipitation and temperature patterns. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (temperate), ''D'' (continental), and ''E'' (polar). Each group and subgroup is represented by a letter. All climates are assigned a main group (the first letter). All climates except for those in the ''E'' group are assigned a seasonal precipitation subgroup (the second letter). For example, ''Af'' indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
