Ouled Rafaa (also written Ouled Raffa) is a village in the
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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of
Ouled Khoudir
Ouled Khoudir ( ar, أوﻻد ﺧﺪﻳﺮ) is a town and commune in Ouled Khoudir District, Béchar Province, in western Algeria. According to the 2008 census its population is 4,251, up from 3,893 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 0.9%. T ...
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in
Ouled Khoudir District,
Béchar Province
Béchar ( ar, ولاية بشار) is the second least-densely populated province (''wilaya'') in Algeria, named after its capital Béchar.
History
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. The village is located on the northeast bank of the
Oued Saoura
Oued Saoura is an intermittent river, or wadi, formed from the confluence of the Oued Guir and Oued Zouzfana at Igli, forming the Saoura valley. While in the past the flow of the river was steady and plentiful, in recent years it has diminished ...
east of Ouled Khoudir. It is connected to Ouled Khoudir by a local road along the side of the river, along with the other village of
Populated places in Béchar Province
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