Sbaa ( ar, اﻟﺴﺒﻊ) is a town and
commune in
Tsabit District
Tsabit District is a district of Adrar Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census, it has a population of 17,207.
Communes
The district is further divided into 2 communes:
*Tsabit
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Adrar Province, south-central
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. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 2,312,
up from 1,989 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 1.5%,
making it the least populated commune in the province.
Geography
The town of Sbaa and the nearby village of
El Guerara lie at the very southern end of the
Gourara
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Geography
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region, an area in northern
Adrar Province with many scattered
oases
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. The town itself lies on the eastern and north-eastern sides of a small oasis.
An oil refinery lies about to the east of Sbaa.
Climate
Sbaa has a hot
desert climate
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Köppen climate classification
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''BWh''), with extremely hot summers and mild winters, and very little
precipitation
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throughout the year.
Transportation
Sbaa lies on the N6 national highway along with the village of El Guerara to the south. The N6 highway leads north to
Béchar and south to
Adrar Adrar (in Tifinagh script "ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ"), a Berber word meaning "mountain", is the name of several areas in Northwest Africa:
Algeria
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Education
2.4% of the population has a tertiary education, and another 15.8% has completed secondary education. The overall literacy rate is 78.8%, and is 85.5% among males and 71.4% among females.
Localities
As of 1984, the commune was composed of three localities:
*Sbaa
*Village socialiste
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El Guerara
References
Neighbouring towns and cities
{{Adrar Province
Communes of Adrar Province
Cities in Algeria
Algeria