Taghouzi is a populated place in the commune of
Talmine
Talmine ( ar, ﻃﺎﻟﻤﻴﻦ) is a town and commune in Charouine District, Adrar Province, in south-central Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 12,768, up from 9,469 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 3.1%.
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Charouine District
Charouine District is a district of Timimoun Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 31,149.
Communes
The district is further divided into 3 communes:
*Charouine
* Ouled Aissa
*Talmine
Talmine ( ar, ﻃﺎﻟﻤï ...
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Adrar Province
Adrar ( ar, ولاية أدرار, ber, ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ) is a province (''wilaya'') in southwestern Algeria, named after its capital Adrar. It is the second-largest province, with an area of 424,948 km2, roughly the size of the US state o ...
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. It lies to the west of
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 ...
, on the southern edge of the
Grand Erg Occidental
The Grand Erg Occidental ( ar, العرق الغربي الكبير, al-ʿIrq al-Gharbī al-Kabīr), (also known as the Western Sand Sea) is the second largest erg in northern Algeria after the Grand Erg Oriental. It covers an area of approximatel ...
desert.
The oasis lies on the northern edge of the Gourara region. Winds are typically from the east and northeast. The climate is generally very hot and dry, with a short cold season. There is little rain, but that comes in the form of torrential downpours.
Date palms are planted in hollows where they can reach the underground aquifer.
The people speak Arabic. They live in ''ksours'', fortified houses made of red or
ochre
Ochre ( ; , ), or ocher in American English, is a natural clay earth pigment, a mixture of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand. It ranges in colour from yellow to deep orange or brown. It is also the name of the colours produced ...
earth.
The Gourara people of Taghousi will travel or more to Zaouiat al-Hajj Bilqasim to celebrate ''
mawlid
Mawlid, Mawlid an-Nabi ash-Sharif or Eid Milad un Nabi ( ar, المولد النبوي, translit=mawlid an-nabawī, lit=Birth of the Prophet, sometimes simply called in colloquial Arabic , , among other vernacular pronunciations; sometimes , ) ...
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Oases of Algeria
Communes of Adrar Province
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