Timimoun ( ar, ﺗﻴﻤﻴﻤﻮن) is a town and

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, and capital of

Timimoun District Timimoun District is a district of Timimoun Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 41,279. Communes The district is further divided into 2 communes: *Timimoun *Ouled Said Ouled Said is a town in central Algeria ...

, in

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 ...

, south-central

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. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 33,060, up from 28,595 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 1.5%. Timimoun is known for the red ochre color of its buildings.

Geography

The town of Timimoun lies at an elevation of around in the

Gourara Tuat, or Touat, is a natural region of desert in central Algeria that contains a string of small oases. In the past, the oases were important for caravans crossing the Sahara. Geography Tuat lies to the south of the Grand Erg Occidental, to th ...

region of northern

. It is located on the south-eastern side of an

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which supports the town's population. A sebkha (salt lake) lies further to the northwest, while the plateau of

Tademaït Tademaït is a natural region in the Sahara Desert right in the centre of Algeria. It is located north of In Salah and south of the Grand Erg Occidental in the Adrar District of Adrar Province, El Ménia District of Ghardaïa Province and the nor ...

rises to the southeast.

Climate

Timimoun has a

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(

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''BWh''), with extremely hot summers and warm winters, with minimal rainfall throughout the year. The annual mean temperature almost reaches 25 °C (77 °F).

Transportation

Terrasse de l'hotel Oasis rouge de Timimoun

Timimoun lies on the N51 national highway, a road which runs roughly west to east from the N6 (connecting to

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in the north and

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in the south) to the N1 (connecting from

Ghardaïa Ghardaïa ( ar, غرداية, Mzab-Berber: ''Taɣerdayt'') is the capital city of Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. The commune of Ghardaïa has a population of 93,423 according to the 2008 census, up from 87,599 in 1998, with an annual growth rate ...

in the north to

In Salah In Salah or officially Aïn Salah ( ar, عين صالح) is the oasis town in central Algeria that is the capital of the In Salah Province and In Salah District. It was once an important trade link of the trans-Saharan caravan route. As of the 2 ...

and

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 ...

in the south). Regional roads also lead south to

Aougrout Aougrout ( ar, أوﻗﺮت) is a commune in Aougrout District, Adrar Province, in south-central Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 11,784, up from 9,878 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 1.8%. Geography The popu ...

and Deldoul communes, and north to

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and

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. Timimoun is served by

Timimoun Airport Timimoun Airport is an airport serving Timimoun, a town in the Adrar Province of Algeria . The airport is in the desert southeast of the town. Airlines and destinations Statistics See also * * Transport in Algeria *List of airports in Algeri ...

, which is about southeast of the town.

Education

7.0% of the population has a tertiary education, and another 19.3% has completed secondary education. The overall literacy rate is 79.6%, and is 87.5% among males and 71.8% among females.

Carpets

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Localities

As of 1984, the commune was composed of 32 localities: *Timimoun *Tala * Tinoumeur *Bouyahia *Ouled Nouh *Zaouiet Sidi Hadj Belkacem *

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* Ouadjda * Taoursit *Massahel * Tsmana * Azekkour * Tarouaïa *Alamellal *Aghiat * Massine *El Barka *Ouamemi *Amakbour *Amezgar *Kef Elkasbah *Kef Elksar *Béni Guentour Lahmer *Samjane *Taounza *Hiha *Yakou *El Kort *Tilaghmine *Timazlane *Béni Aïssi Sidi Mansour Tganet

References

Neighbouring towns and cities

{{Authority control Communes of Adrar Province