Bouda () is a commune in

Adrar District Adrar District is a district of Adrar Province, Algeria. With a population of 88,266, it is the most populated district in the province. Communes The district is further divided into 3 communes A commune is an alternative term for an intentional ...

Adrar Province Adrar (, ) is a province ('' wilaya'') in southwestern Algeria, named after its capital Adrar. It is the second-largest province, with an area of 254 000 km2, roughly the size of the US state of Wyoming. It had 401.297 inhabitants at the ...

, in south-central

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 9,938, up from 8,668 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 1.4%.

Geography

The commune of Bouda covers the northernmost end of the string of oases comprising the

Tuat Tuat, or Touat (), is a natural region of desert in central Algeria that contains a string of small oasis, oases. In the past, the oases were important for Camel caravan, caravans crossing the Sahara. Geography Tuat lies to the south of the Gr ...

region of the Algerian

Sahara The Sahara (, ) is a desert spanning across North Africa. With an area of , it is the largest hot desert in the world and the list of deserts by area, third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Ar ...

. The oases within Bouda form a crescent-shaped arc from the northwest to southwest. The main villages of the commune lie on the eastern side of the oasis, at an elevation of around .

Climate

Bouda has a

hot desert climate The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification ''BWh'' and ''BWk'') is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation. The typically bald, rocky, or sandy surfaces in desert ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

''BWh''), with long, extremely hot summers and short, very warm winters, and averages just of rainfall per year.

Transportation

The villages in Bouda commune are connected by a provincial road to Adrar, the capital of the province, which lies on the N6 national highway. The nearest airport is

Touat Cheikh Sidi Mohamed Belkebir Airport Touat-Cheikh Sidi Mohamed Belkebir Airport is a public airport located 6 nautical mile, nm (11 km) southeast of Adrar, Algeria, Adrar, the capital of the Adrar Province, Adrar Provinces of Algeria, province (''wilaya'') in Algeria. Facili ...

, located just east of Adrar.

Education

5.6% of the population has a tertiary education, and another 18.9% has completed secondary education. The overall literacy rate is 81.3%, and is 89.5% among males and 73.1% among females.

Localities

As of 1984, the commune was composed of 11 localities: * Ben Draou *Zaouit El Cheikh *Benillou * Bakhalla *Laamaryine * El Ghomara * Kessiba * El Mansour *Zaouit Sidi Haïda *Gherm Ali *Béni Oiazel

References

Neighbouring towns and cities

{{Adrar Province Communes of Adrar Province