Sidi Amrane ( ar, ﺳﻴﺪي ﻋﻤﺮان) (also written Sīdī Amran) is a town and

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Djamaa District Djamaa ( ar, ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ) (also written Jama'a) is a town and commune in El Oued Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 50,916, up from 37,438 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 3.1%. Geography To the e ...

El Oued Province El Oued ( ar, ولاية الوادي, ber, ⴻⵍ oⵓⴻⴷ) is a Saharan province of Algeria (n° 39) dominated by ''Oued Souf''. It was named after its eponymous capital. Notable towns include El Oued itself and El M'Ghair, Djamaa and Guem ...

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, south of

Djamaa Djamaa ( ar, ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ) (also written Jama'a) is a town and commune in El Oued Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 50,916, up from 37,438 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 3.1%. Geography To the ea ...

. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 21,772, up from 18,732 in 1998, and an annual growth rate of 1.5%.

Climate

Sidi Amrane has a hot

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''BWh''), with very hot summers and mild winters. Rainfall is light and sporadic, and summers are particularly dry.

Transportation

Sidi Amrane is connect by two short local roads to the national highway N3; one road leads directly west, and the other leads north through Djamaa. The N3 runs from

Biskra Biskra ( ar, بسكرة ; ; Latin Vescera) is the capital city of Biskra Province, Algeria. In 2007, its population was recorded as 307,987. Biskra is located in northeastern Algeria, about 248 miles (400 km) from Algiers, 71 miles (115&n ...

in the north to

Touggourt Touggourt ( ar, ﺗﻗﺮت or تڤرت; ber, ⵜⵓⴳⵓⵔⵜ, Tugurt, lit=the gateway or 'the gate') is a city and commune, former sultanate and capital of Touggourt District, in Touggourt Province, Algeria, built next to an oasis in the Sa ...

in the south. There is also a station on the Biskra-Touggourt railway line at Djamaa.

Education

5.8% of the population has a tertiary education, and another 17.2% has completed secondary education. The overall literacy rate is 78.4%, and is 85.1% among males and 72.1% among females.

Localities

The commune of Sidi Amrane is composed of six localities: *Sidi Amrane * Aïn Choucha * Tamerna Djedida * Tamerna Guedima *Zaoualia *

Chémora Chémora (also written Chemoura) is a village in the commune of Sidi Amrane, in Djamaâ District, El Oued Province, Algeria. The village is located on the western side of the N3 highway south of Djamaa Djamaa ( ar, ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ) (also wri ...

References

Neighbouring towns and cities

{{El Oued Province Communes of El Oued Province