Touggourt Province | |
Native Name: | ولاية تقرت |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Type: | Province |
Map Caption1: | Map of districts of Touggourt |
Coordinates: | 33.1083°N 6.0639°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Algeria |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Touggourt |
Leader Title1: | Wāli |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 17,428 |
Elevation M: | 276 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 247,221 |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +01 |
Iso Code: | DZ-01 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | +213 (0) 55 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Districts |
Blank Info Sec1: | 4 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Municipalities |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | 11 |
Touggourt (Arabic: ولاية تقرت) is an Algerian province (wilaya) created in 2019, previously, a delegated wilaya created in 2015. It is in the Algerian Sahara.
Touggourt Province is located in the Algerian Sahara and has an area of 17,428 km². Its main settlement and capital, Touggourt, is located on an oasis.
It is delimited by:
The wilaya of Touggourt was created on November 26, 2019.
Previously, it was a delegated wilaya, created according to the law n° 15–140 of May 27, 2015, creating administrative districts in certain wilayas and fixing the specific rules related to them, as well as the list of municipalities that are attached to it. Before 2019, it was attached to the Ouargla Province.
During the administrative breakdown of 2019, the delegated wilaya of Touggourt is made up of 6 districts and 14 communes.
District | Commune | Arabic | Map |
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Mégarine District | Megarine | اﻟﻤﻘﺎرﻳﻦ | |
Sidi Slimane | ﺳﻴﺪي ﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎن | ||
Taïbet District | Benaceur | ﺑﻦ ﻧﺎﺻﺮ | |
M'Naguer | اﻟﻤﻨﻘﺮ | ||
Taibet | اﻟﻄﻴﺒﺎت | ||
Témacine District | Balidat Ameur | ﺑﻠﻴﺪة ﻋﺎﻣﺮ | |
Tamacine | ﺗﻤﺎﺳﻴﻦ | ||
Touggourt District | Nezla | ﻧﺰﻟﺔ | |
Tebesbest | ﺗﻴﺒسﺴﺖ | ||
Touggourt | تقرت | ||
Zaouia El Abidia | اﻟﺰاوﻳﺔ اﻟﻌﺎﺑﺪﻳﺔ | ||
El Hadjira District | El Hadjira | الحجيرة | |
El Alia | العالية | ||
El Borma District | El Borma | البرمة | |