Adrar (Province)

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the region of the same name in Mauritania see Adrar (region) .

Adrar
Basic data
Country	Algeria
Capital	Adrar
surface	254,471 km²
Residents	256,765 (2008)
density	1 inhabitant per km²
ISO 3166-2	DZ-01

Coordinates: 27 °  N , 1 °  W

The province of Adrar ( Arabic ولاية أدرار, DMG Wilāyat Adrār , tamazight ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ Agezdu n Adrar ) is a Wilaya (province) in southwestern Algeria . The capital of the province is Adrar , another city is Reggane .

The province is located in the Sahara and is the second largest province of Algeria in terms of area. In the southwest it borders a short distance on Mauritania and six other provinces: Tindouf and Béni Abbès in the west, Timimoun in the north, In Salah in the east, Tamanrasset in the southeast and Bordj Badji Mokhtar in the south. The center of the province is formed by the communes of the oasis region of the Twat on the Oued Messaoud , in the west it includes the center of the Erg Chech and in the east it shares in the plain of the Tidikelt .

With 256,765 inhabitants (as of 2008) on 254,471 km², it is only sparsely populated, the population density is around 1 inhabitant per square kilometer.

In December 2019, the northern and southern parts of Adrar Province were separated and the independent provinces of Timimoun and Bordj Badji Mokhtar were created. The area decreased from 439,700 km² by 185,229 km² (42.1%) and the population of 399,714 inhabitants by 142,949 inhabitants (35.8%). The number of municipalities decreased from 28 to 16.

Municipalities

The province of Adrar until 2019:
1st Adrar • 2nd Tamest • 3rd Charouine • 4th Reggane • 5th In Zghmir • 6th Tit • 7th Ksar Kaddour • 8th Tsabit • 9th Timimoun • 10th Ouled Said • 11 Zaouiet Kounta • 12th Aoulef • 13th Tamekten • 14th Tamantit • 15th Fenoughil • 16th Tinerkouk • 17th Deldoul • 18th Sali • 19th Akabli • 20th Metarfa • 21st Ouled Ahmed Tammi • 22nd Bouda • 23rd Aougrout • 24th Talmine • 25th Bordj Badji Mokhtar • 26th Sebaa • 27th Ouled Aissa • 28th Timiaouine.
The municipalities 3, 7, 9, 10, 16, 17, 20, 23, 24 and 27 have since formed the province of Timimoun, the municipalities 25 and 28 the province of Bordj Badji Mokhtar.

The following 16 municipalities are located in the province as self-governing bodies of the local community:

Code ONS	Commune	Arabic	Population 2008
0101	Adrar	أدرار	64,781
0102	Tamest	تامست	8,266
0104	Reggane	رقان	20,402
0105	In Zghmir	ان زقمير	16,185
0106	Tit	تيط	4,417
0108	Tsabit	تسابيت	14,895
0111	Zaouiet Kounta	زاوية كنتة	17.116 |
0112	Aoulef	أولف	21,723
0113	Timocts	تمقطن	18,598
0114	Tamentite	تمنطيط	9,481
0115	Fenoughil	فنوغيل	11,793
0118	Sali	سالى	13,138
0119	Akabli	أقبلى	10.171
0121	Ouled Ahmed Timmi	أوالد أحمد تيمى	13,547
0122	Bouda	بودة	9,938
0126	Sebaa	السبع	2,312

Web links

Commons : Adrar  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• algerie moons: Wilaya d'Adrar
• Adrar first-order administrative division at Geonames

Individual evidence

1. ^ Journal Officiel de la Republique Algerienne Democratique et Populaire - Conventions et Accords Internationaux - Lois et Decrets Arretes, Decisions, Avis, Communications et Annonces (Traduction Française) No. 78 of the 58th volume of December 18, 2019 (PDF) ; accessed on March 24, 2020
2. ↑ Algeria Press Service of November 27, 2019: Ten administrative districts promoted into provinces with full prerogatives ; accessed on March 24, 2020
3. ^ Badreddine Yousfi: Les territoires sahariens en Algérie. Gouvernance, acteurs et recomposition territoriale , accessed on 14 August 2020
4. ↑ Office National des Statistiques Algérie: Population selon la commune de résidence (1998-2008). (PDF; 81 kB), accessed on March 24, 2020 (Arabic, French)