Tamanrasset (Province)

Tamanrasset
Basic data
Country	Algeria
Capital	Tamanrasset
surface	336,839 km²
Residents	115,043 (2008)
density	0.3 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	DZ-11
Guelta in Tamanrasset Province

Coordinates: 24 °  N , 5 °  E

Tamanrasset or Tamanghasset ( Arabic ولاية تمنراست, DMG Wilāyat Tamanrāsat ) is a province ( wilaya ) in southern Algeria . The capital of the province is the city of the same name, Tamanrasset .

The province, the largest in Algeria in terms of area, is located in the Sahara. Parts of the province are occupied by the Ahaggar Mountains. In the southeast of the province there are extensive dune areas in the flatlands of the Chad Basin . In the southeast the province borders on Niger , otherwise on six other provinces: In Guezzam in the south, Bordj Badji Mokhtar and Adrar in the west, In Salah in the north and Illizi and Djanet in the northeast.

The Tamanrasset province is only very sparsely populated with 115,043 inhabitants (as of 2008 as of 2020), the population density is around 0.34 inhabitants per square kilometer. Most of the residents are Tuareg and speak Tamahaq , a Hoggar dialect of the Kel Tamasheq, as the Tuareg also call themselves.

In December 2019, the northern and southern parts of Tamanrasset province were separated and the independent provinces In Salah and In Guezzam were created. The area decreased from 556,185 km² by 219,346 km² (39.4%) and the population of 176,637 inhabitants by 61,594 inhabitants (34.9%). The number of municipalities halved. Before the reform, the province was larger than France .

Municipalities

The province of Tamanrasset until 2019: 1. Tamanrasset • 2. Abalessa • 3. In Ghar • 4. In Guezzam • 5. Idles • 6. Tazrouk • 7. Tin Zaouatine • 8. In Salah • 9. In Amguel • 10. Foggaret Ezzaouia. The municipalities 3, 8 and 10 have since formed the province In Salah, the municipalities 4 and 7 the province In Guezzam.

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

Code ONS	Commune	Arabic	Population 2008
1101	Tamanrasset	تمنراست	92,635
1102	Abalessa	أباليسا	9,163
1105	Idles	أدلس	4,945
1106	Tazrouk	تاظروك	4,091
1109	In Amguel	ان أمقل	4,208

Web links

Commons : Tamanrasset  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Wilaya de Tamanrasset at Geonames

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ministère de l'Intérieur et des Collectivités Locales: Répartition Wilayas / Daïras / Communes ( Memento of March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 3, 2015
2. ↑ Office National des Statistiques Algérie: Population selon la commune de résidence (1998-2008)
3. ^ 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 17, 2020
4. ↑ Algeria Press Service of November 27, 2019: Ten administrative districts promoted into provinces with full prerogatives ; accessed on March 17, 2020
5. ^ Badreddine Yousfi: Les territoires sahariens en Algérie. Gouvernance, acteurs et recomposition territoriale , accessed on 14 August 2020
6. ↑ Office National des Statistiques Algérie: Population selon la commune de résidence (1998-2008)