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Timimoun
Timimoun ( ar, ﺗﻴﻤﻴﻤﻮن) is a town and commune, and capital of Timimoun District, in Adrar Province, south-central Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 33,060, up from 28,595 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 1.5%. Timimoun is known for the red ochre color of its buildings. Geography The town of Timimoun lies at an elevation of around in the Gourara region of northern Adrar Province. It is located on the south-eastern side of an oasis which supports the town's population. A sebkha (salt lake) lies further to the northwest, while the plateau of Tademaït rises to the southeast. Climate Timimoun has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification ''BWh''), with extremely hot summers and warm winters, with minimal rainfall throughout the year. The annual mean temperature almost reaches 25 °C (77 °F). Transportation Timimoun lies on the N51 national highway, a road which runs roughly west to east from the N6 (connecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timimoun Airport
Timimoun Airport is an airport serving Timimoun, a town in the Adrar Province of Algeria . The airport is in the desert southeast of the town. Airlines and destinations Statistics See also * *Transport in Algeria *List of airports in Algeria This is a list of airports in Algeria, grouped by type and sorted by location. Algeria, officially known as the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country on the Mediterranean Sea, and ... References External links * * * Airports in Algeria Buildings and structures in Adrar Province {{Algeria-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timimoun District
Timimoun District is a district of Timimoun Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 41,279. Communes The district is further divided into 2 communes: *Timimoun *Ouled Said Ouled Said is a town in central Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , ... References Districts of Adrar Province {{AdrarDZ-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aougrout
Aougrout ( ar, أوﻗﺮت) is a commune in Aougrout District, Adrar Province, in south-central Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 11,784, up from 9,878 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 1.8%. Geography The population center of Aougrout commune is centered on an oasis located in the southern part of the Gourara region, northeast of the provincial capital Adrar. Most of the villages of the commune are located on the eastern side of the oasis. Most of the region surrounding the oasis is a flat rocky plain (a ''reg''), but some low hills rise to the east and south-east. Climate Aougrout has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification ''BWh''), with extremely hot summers and mild winters, and very little precipitation throughout the year. Transportation Aougrout is connected by a road leading north to Timimoun, a road leading west to the Deldoul oasis, and a road leading southwest to Tsabit (and from there to Adrar Adrar (in Tifinagh sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deldoul, Adrar
Deldoul ( ar, دﻟﺪول) is a commune in Aougrout District, Adrar Province, in south-central Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 8,647, up from 7,465 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 1.5%. Geography Deldoul commune is centered on a set of oases in the south-central Gourara region of northern Adrar Province, southwest of Timimoun, southeast of Charouine, west of Aougrout and northeast of Metarfa. The surrounding areas generally consist of rocky plains mixed with low sand dunes. Climate Deldoul has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification ''BWh''), with extremely hot summers and mild winters, and very little precipitation throughout the year. Transportation A road connects the main villages in the commune from Bel Rhazi in the north to Ouled Abbou in the south. The main road out of the area leads east from Ouled Abbou to Aougrout. Education 3.3% of the population has a tertiary education, and another 10.8% has completed seconda ... [...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] |
Provinces Of Algeria
Algeria, since December 18, 2019, is divided into 58 wilaya, wilayas (province, provinces). Prior to December 18, 2019, there were 48 provinces. The 58 provinces are divided into 1,541 baladiyahs (Municipalities of Algeria, municipalities). The name of a province is always that of its capital city. According to the Algerian constitution, a wilaya is a territorial collectivity enjoying economic and diplomatic freedom, the APW, or ''"Popular Provincial Parliament/Provincial Popular Parliament"'' (the ''Assemblée Populaire Wilayale'', in French) is the political entity governing a province, directed by the "Wali (administrative title), Wali" (Governor), who is chosen by the Algerian President to handle the APW's decisions, the APW has also a president, who is elected by the members of the APW, which Algerians elect. List By 1984 the number of Algerian provinces were fixed at 48 and established the list of municipalities or "communes" attached to each province. In 2019, 10 new pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Salah
In Salah or officially Aïn Salah ( ar, عين صالح) is the oasis town in central Algeria that is the capital of the In Salah Province and In Salah District. It was once an important trade link of the trans-Saharan caravan route. As of the 2008 census it has a population of 32,518, up from 28,022 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 1.5%, the lowest in the province. The village is located in the heart of the Sahara Desert region of northern Africa. The name ''In Salah'' comes from the term "good well"."I-n-Salah." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2008. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 13 Dec. 2008 Geography A creeping sand dune on the western edge of town is advancing on the city and cuts In Salah in half. The dune is moving at a speed of approximately one meter (three feet) every five years. As buildings are covered by its leading edge, structures at the back of the dune are being gradually uncovered. When a formerly covered location at the back of the dune once again become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gourara
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 gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oasis
In ecology, an oasis (; ) is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environment'ksar''with its surrounding feeding source, the palm grove, within a relational and circulatory nomadic system.” The location of oases has been of critical importance for trade and transportation routes in desert areas; caravans must travel via oases so that supplies of water and food can be replenished. Thus, political or military control of an oasis has in many cases meant control of trade on a particular route. For example, the oases of Awjila, Ghadames and Kufra, situated in modern-day Libya, have at various times been vital to both north–south and east–west Trans-Saharan trade, trade in the Sahara Desert. The location of oases also informed the Darb El Arba'īn trade route from Sudan to Egypt, as well as the caravan route from the Niger River to Tangier, Morocco. The Silk Road “traced its course from water hole to water hole, relying on oasis communities such as Turpan in China and Sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beni Mellouk
is a Japanese R&B singer, who debuted in 2004 under the Avex Trax label. In 2008, Arashiro left Avex Trax and transferred to Universal Music Japan where she started to perform as simply Beni (stylized as BENI). She was initially best known for her 2004 single "Here Alone," though later singles after her move to Universal (such as "Mō Ichi do..." with Dohzi-T, "Mō Nido to..." and "Kiss Kiss Kiss (Beni song), Kiss Kiss Kiss") have surpassed this initial hit. Life and career Start of her career Born in Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa, she moved to San Diego, California and then Yokohama. Her mother is Japanese and her father is American of European Americans, European descent. She was influenced by Namie Amuro, Alicia Keys and her father's favorite singer Janet Jackson. She graduated from Nile C. Kinnick High School in United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. She majored in Sociology at Sophia University. From a young age she wanted to become a singer a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beni Melhal
is a Japanese Contemporary R&B, R&B singer, who debuted in 2004 under the Avex Trax label. In 2008, Arashiro left Avex Trax and transferred to Universal Music Japan where she started to perform as simply Beni (stylized as BENI). She was initially best known for her 2004 single "Here Alone," though later singles after her move to Universal (such as "Mō Ichi do..." with Dohzi-T, "Mō Nido to..." and "Kiss Kiss Kiss (Beni song), Kiss Kiss Kiss") have surpassed this initial hit. Life and career Start of her career Born in Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa, she moved to San Diego, California and then Yokohama. Her mother is Japanese and her father is American of European Americans, European descent. She was influenced by Namie Amuro, Alicia Keys and her father's favorite singer Janet Jackson. She graduated from Nile C. Kinnick High School in United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. She majored in Sociology at Sophia University. From a young age she wanted to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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