Ouargla Province

Province of Algeria

Province in Algeria

Ouargla Province

ولاية ورقلة

Province

Map of Algeria highlighting Ouargla

Coordinates: 31°57′N 5°19′E﻿ / ﻿31.950°N 5.317°E﻿ / 31.950; 5.317
Country|  Algeria
Capital| Ouargla
Area

• Total

| 211,980 km2 (81,850 sq mi)
Population

(2008)[1]

• Total

| 552,539

• Estimate

(2019)[2]

| 708,463
• Density| 2.6/km2 (6.8/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01 (CET)
Area Code| +213 32
ISO 3166 code| DZ-30
Districts| 6
Municipalities| 10

Ouargla or Warqla (Arabic: ولاية ورقلة) is a province (wilaya) in eastern Algeria. Its capital is Ouargla. Other localities include Hassi Ben Abdellah and Hassi Messaoud. It borders Ouled Djellal Province, El M'Ghair Province Touggourt Province, and El Oued Province to the north, Tunisia to the east, In Salah Province and Illizi Province to the south, and El Menia Province, Ghardaia Province and Djelfa Province to the west. It contains the Issaouane Erg desert.

## History

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In the past Ouargla was the center of trading of gold and slaves,[citation needed] as well as being an important center of Ibadi Islam. However, the Ibadis have left for the M'zab valley.

In 1984 Illizi Province was carved out of its territory.

In 2019, Touggourt Province was carved out of its territory.

## Administrative divisions

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The province is divided into 6 districts (daïras), which are further divided into 10 communes or municipalities.[3]

### Districts

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District  | Commune  | Arabic

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El Borma District | El Borma | اﻟﺒﺮﻣﺔ
El Hadjira District | El Allia | اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻴﺔ
El Hadjira | اﻟﺤﺠﻴﺮة
Hassi Messaoud District | Hassi Messaoud | حاسي مسعود
N'Goussa District | N'Goussa | ﻧﻘﻮﺳﺔ
Ouargla District | Ouargla | ورقلة
Rouissat | اﻟﺮوﻳﺴﺎت
Sidi Khouïled District | Aïn Beida | ﻋﻴﻦ اﻟﺒﻴﻀﺎء
Hassi Ben Abdellah | ﺣﺎﺳﻲ ﺑﻦ ﻋﺒﺪ اﷲ
Sidi Khouiled | ﺳﻴﺪي ﺧﻮﻳﻠﺪ

## Geology

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The region lies within the Algerian Triassic Sedimentary basin containing numerous oil and gas fields, including the Alrar gas field.[4] Production is from Triassic sandstones with Andesitic seals and the Gothlandian shale as a source rock.[5] Major fields include the Hassi R'Mel gas field, Haoud-Berkaolu, Ben-Kahla, and the Guellala.[5]

## References

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* Algeria portal

1. ^ Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on 2008-07-02.
2. ^ "السكان و التشغيل". Ministry of the Interior of Algeria (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-06-12.
3. ^ "Official website of the province of Ouargla - state" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
4. ^ Hamouda, A., 1980, Petroleum Potential-Ouargla Region Triassic Basin, Algeria, in Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the Decade: 1968-1978, AAPG Memoir 30, Halbouty, M.T., editor, Tulsa: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, ISBN 0891813063, p. 539
5. ^ a b Hamouda, A., 1980, Petroleum Potential-Ouargla Region Triassic Basin, Algeria, in Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the Decade: 1968-1978, AAPG Memoir 30, Halbouty, M.T., editor, Tulsa: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, ISBN 0891813063, p. 540

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Ouargla Province

Capital: Ouargla

Ouargla District|

* Ouargla
* Rouissat

El Borma District|

* El Borma
* Rhoud El Baguel

El Hadjira District|

* El Hadjira
* El Allia

Hassi Messaoud District|

* Hassi Messaoud
* Haoud El Hamra
* Gassi Touil

Mégarine District|

* Megarine
* Meggarine Guedima

* Sidi Slimane
* El Har Ihira
* Moggar

N'Goussa District|

* N'Goussa
* El Bour

Sidi Khouïled District|

* Ain Beida
* Adjadja
* Chott

* Hassi Ben Abdellah
* Sidi Khouiled

Taïbet District|

* Taibet
* El Khoubna

* M'Naguer
* Oum Zebed

* Benaceur

Témacine District|

* Tamacine
* Tamellaht

* Balidat Ameur
* Goug

Touggourt District|

* Touggourt
* Nezla
* Tebesbest
* Zaouia El Abidia

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