Ouled Aissa () (also written Ouled Aïssa) is a town and commune in

Charouine District Charouine District is a district of Timimoun Province, Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast b ...

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, in south-central

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. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 7,034, up from 5,497 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 2.5%.

Geography

Ouled Aissa commune lies at an elevation of about in the

Gourara Tuat, or Touat (), is a natural region of desert in central Algeria that contains a string of small oasis, oases. In the past, the oases were important for Camel caravan, caravans crossing the Sahara. Geography Tuat lies to the south of the Gr ...

region of northern

. The commune consists of several villages (including the town of Ouled Aissa) that populate small oases between

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commune to the west and

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and Ouled Said communes to the east. The oases mainly lie at the northern edge of the habitable

region just south of the

Grand Erg Occidental The Grand Erg Occidental (, 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 approximately . The sand dunes in the erg are formed ...

, a large area of sand dunes stretching well into

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and

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provinces.

Climate

Ouled Aissa has a hot

desert climate The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification ''BWh'' and ''BWk'') is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation. The typically bald, rocky, or sandy surfaces in desert ...

(

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''BWh''), with extremely hot summers and mild winters, and very little

precipitation In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull. The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, rain and snow mixed ("sleet" in Commonwe ...

throughout the year.

Transportation

The main road through the commune is a provincial road that starts at the village of Taouennza, passes through Haiha, Yako and Ouled Aissa town before connecting to the N51 national highway northeast of

Charouine Charouine () is a town and Communes of Algeria, commune, and capital of Charouine District, in Timimoun Province, south-central Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 11,347, up from 8,678 in 1998, with an annual growth rate ...

. A local road branches off south of Ouled Aissa town connecting to Djimjane.

Education

3.2% of the population has a tertiary education, and another 7.3% has completed secondary education. The overall literacy rate is 63.7%, and is 81.0% among males and 45.5% among females.

Localities

As of 1984, the commune was composed of nine localities: *Ouled Aïssa *Tasfaout *Guentour * Djimjane * Taouennza * Haïha * Yako *El Kort *Lahmer

References

Neighbouring towns and cities

{{Adrar Province Communes of Timimoun Province Cities in Algeria