Taleb Larbi ( ar, ﻃﺎﻟﺐ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻲ) is a town and
commune, and capital of
Taleb Larbi District
Taleb Larbi District is a district of El Oued Province, Algeria. As of the 2008 census, it has a population of 15,130. It is the largest district by area, but the smallest by population, in the province. Its three communes have the highest popula ...
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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 Gu ...
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Algeria
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. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 7,074,
up from 3,582 in 1998, with an annual of growth rate of 7.2% per year, the second highest in the province.
Transportation
Taleb Larbi is just from the border with
Tunisia
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along the N48. To the west, the N48 meets the N16, which leads west to
El Oued
El Oued ( ar, اﻟﻮادي, ber, Suf meaning ''the River''), Souf or Oued Souf is a city, and the capital of El Oued Province, in Algeria. The oasis town is watered by an underground river, hence its name is El Oued which enables date palm culti ...
and
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 S ...
and north to
Tébessa
Tébessa or Tebessa ( ar, تبسة ''Tibissa'', ''Tbessa'' or ''Tibesti''), the classical Theveste, is the capital city of Tébessa Province region of northeastern Algeria. It hosts several historical landmarks, the most important one being the ...
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Climate
Taleb Larbi 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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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, nota ...
''BWh''), with very hot summers and mild winters, and very little precipitation throughout the year.
Education
1.6% of the population has a tertiary education (the second lowest rate in the province), and another 18.2% has completed secondary education. The overall literacy rate is 61.6%, and is 68.9% among males and 53.0% among females.
Localities
The commune of Taleb Larbi is composed of 12 localities:
*Taleb Larbi
*Nakhlat El Mengoub
*Hniche
*Lemdjebès
*Si Mebarek
*Zeïdi
*Garet Ettir
*Laouabed
*Maleh El Hadj Ahmed
*Gour Djouali
*Bouras
*Sagaa
References
Neighbouring towns and cities
{{El Oued Province
Communes of El Oued Province
Algeria–Tunisia border crossings