Aougrout ( ar, أوﻗﺮت) is a commune in

Aougrout District Aougrout District is a district of Timimoun Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 28,869. Communes The district is further divided into 3 communes: *Aougrout Aougrout ( ar, أوﻗﺮت) is a commune in Aougro ...

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, in south-central

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. 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

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region, northeast of the provincial capital

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. 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 ''

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''), but some low hills rise to the east and south-east.

Climate

Aougrout has a hot

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''BWh''), with extremely hot summers and mild winters, and very little

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throughout the year.

Transportation

Aougrout is connected by a road leading north to

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 ...

, a road leading west to the Deldoul oasis, and a road leading southwest to

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(and from there to

via the N6 national highway).

Education

6.4% of the population has a tertiary education, and another 15.3% has completed secondary education. The overall literacy rate is 75.8%, and is 88.0% among males and 63.5% among females.

Localities

As of 1984, the commune was composed of 11 localities: * Tiberrhamine * Ksar El Hadj * Tinekline * Tala * Zaouiet Sidi Abdellah * Aboud Ben Ayed * Akbour *Zaouiet Sidi Omeur Charef * Bou Guema

References

Neighbouring towns and cities

{{Adrar Province Communes of Adrar Province