Tamanrasset is a

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Tamanrasset Tamanrasset (; ar, تامنراست), also known as Tamanghasset or Tamenghest, is an oasis city and capital of Tamanrasset Province in southern Algeria, in the Ahaggar Mountains. It is the chief city of the Algerian Tuareg. It is located an alt ...

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. It was named after its capital,

, which is also the capital of the province. With 96,843 people, it is the most populated district in the province (however, the population density is low) and one of the largest districts in the country.

Municipalities

The district is further divided into 2

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In Amguel In Amguel (Arabic: عين امقل, lit. ''Amguel spring'') is a town and commune in Tamanrasset District, Tamanrasset Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 4,208, up from 3,030 in 1998, with an annual growth rate ...

References

Districts of Tamanrasset Province {{Tamanrasset-geo-stub