Touggourt Province

Touggourt Province

ولاية تقرت
Touggourt Province ولاية تقرت
Province
	Map of Algeria highlighting Touggourt
	Coordinates: 33°06′30″N 6°03′50″E / 33.10833°N 6.06389°ECoordinates: 33°06′30″N 6°03′50″E / 33.10833°N 6.06389°E
Country	Algeria
Capital	Touggourt
Area
• Total	17,428 km2 (6,729 sq mi)
Elevation	276 m (906 ft)
Population (2008)
• Total	247,221
• Density	14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
Area code	+213 (0) 55
ISO 3166 code	DZ-01
Districts	4
Municipalities	11

The Wilaya of Touggourt (Arabic: ولاية تقرت) is an Algerian province created in 2019, previously, a delegated wilaya created in 2015. It is in the Algerian Sahara.

Geography[]

The wilaya of Touggourt is in the Algerian Sahara; its area is 131,220 km² .

It is delimited by:

to the north by the El M'Ghair Province;
to the east by the El Oued Province;
to the west by the Ouargla Province;
and to the south by the Ouargla Province.

History[]

The wilaya of Touggourt was created on November 26, 2019 .

Previously, it was a , 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.

Organization of the wilaya[]

During the administrative breakdown of 2015, the delegated wilaya of Touggourt is made up of 4 districts and 11 communes.

List of walis[]

District	Commune	Arabic
Mégarine District	Megarine	اﻟﻤﻘﺎرﻳﻦ
Mégarine District	Sidi Slimane	ﺳﻴﺪي ﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎن
Taïbet District	Benaceur	ﺑﻦ ﻧﺎﺻﺮ
	M'Naguer	اﻟﻤﻨﻘﺮ
	Taibet	اﻟﻄﻴﺒﺎت
Témacine District	Balidat Ameur	ﺑﻠﻴﺪة ﻋﺎﻣﺮ
Témacine District	Tamacine	ﺗﻤﺎﺳﻴﻦ
Touggourt District	Nezla	ﻧﺰﻟﺔ
	Tebesbest	ﺗﻴﺒسﺴﺖ
	Touggourt	تقرت
	Zaouia El Abidia	اﻟﺰاوﻳﺔ اﻟﻌﺎﺑﺪﻳﺔ

Notes and references[]

References[]

^ Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on July 2, 2008.

[Alg2008RGPH-1] Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on July 2, 2008.

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