Adrar Province
Adrar is a province 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 of California. It had 402,197 inhabitants at the 2008 population census.
It is bordered by five other wilayas: to the west by Tindouf; to the north by Béchar and El Bayadh; to the east by Ghardaïa and Tamanrasset. To the south, it is bordered by Mauritania and Mali.
Adrar is composed of three natural and cultural regions: Touat, Gourara and Tidikelt, and 299 ksour.
Geography
Location
The province of Adrar is located in south-west Algeria.Administrative divisions
The province comprises 11 districts and 28 communes or municipalitiesThe following table shows the list of districts in the province of Adrar and all the communes in each district.
District | Number of communes | Communes | Area | Population |
Adrar | 3 | AdrarBoudaOuled Ahmed Timmi | 9,423 | 64,547 |
Aoulef | 4 | AkabliAoulefTimoktenTit | 23,936 | 40,036 |
Aougrout | 3 | AougroutDeldoulMetarfa | 16.363 | 24,404 |
Bordj Badji Mokhtar | 2 | Bordj Badji MokhtarTimiaouine | 132.579 | 13,529 |
Charouine | 3 | CharouineOuled AissaTalmine | 10.010 | 23,624 |
Fenoughil | 3 | FenoughilTamentitTamest | 20,970 | 24,532 |
Reggane | 2 | RegganeSali | 140,981 | 25,483 |
Timimoun | 2 | TimimounOuled Said | 10,586 | 36,133 |
Tinerkouk | 2 | Ksar KaddourTinerkouk | 28,244 | 16,893 |
T'Sabit | 2 | SebaaTsabit | 19,446 | 13,821 |
Zaouiet Kounta | 2 | Zaouiet KountaIn Zghmir | 15,100 | 28,593 |
Districts
- Adrar
- Aougrout
- Aoulef
- Bordj Badji Mokhtar
- Charouine
- Fenoughil
- Reggane
- T'Sabit
- Timimoun
- Tinerkouk
- Zaouiet Kounta
Communes
No. | Commune | Arabic | Population |
01 | Adrar | أدرار | |
02 | Tamest | تامست | |
03 | Charouine | شروين | |
04 | Reggane | رقان | |
05 | In Zghmir | ان زقمير | |
06 | Tit | تيط | |
07 | Ksar Kaddour | قصر قدور | |
08 | Tsabit | تسابيت | |
09 | Timimoun | تيميمون | |
10 | Ouled Said | أوالد السعيد | |
11 | Zaouiet Kounta | زاوية كنتة | |
12 | Aoulef | أولف | |
13 | Timokten | تمقطن | |
14 | Tamentit | تمنطيط | |
15 | Fenoughil | فنوغيل | |
16 | Tinerkouk | تينركوك | |
17 | Deldoul | دلدول | |
18 | Sali | سالى | |
19 | Akabli | أقبلى | |
20 | Metarfa | الطارفة | |
21 | Ouled Ahmed Timmi | أوالد أحمد تيمى | |
22 | Bouda | بودة | |
23 | Aougrout | أوقروت | |
24 | Talmine | طلمين | |
25 | Bordj Badji Mokhtar | برج باجى مختار | |
26 | Sebaa | السبع | |
27 | Ouled Aissa | أوالد عيسى | |
28 | Timiaouine | تيمياوين |