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 municipalities
The following table shows the list of districts in the province of Adrar and all the communes in each district.
DistrictNumber of
communes
CommunesArea
Population
Adrar3AdrarBoudaOuled Ahmed Timmi 9,42364,547
Aoulef4AkabliAoulefTimoktenTit23,93640,036
Aougrout3AougroutDeldoulMetarfa16.36324,404
Bordj Badji Mokhtar2Bordj Badji MokhtarTimiaouine132.57913,529
Charouine3CharouineOuled AissaTalmine10.01023,624
Fenoughil3FenoughilTamentitTamest20,97024,532
Reggane2RegganeSali140,98125,483
Timimoun2TimimounOuled Said10,58636,133
Tinerkouk2Ksar KaddourTinerkouk28,24416,893
T'Sabit2SebaaTsabit19,44613,821
Zaouiet Kounta2Zaouiet KountaIn Zghmir15,10028,593

Districts

  1. Adrar
  2. Aougrout
  3. Aoulef
  4. Bordj Badji Mokhtar
  5. Charouine
  6. Fenoughil
  7. Reggane
  8. T'Sabit
  9. Timimoun
  10. Tinerkouk
  11. Zaouiet Kounta

    Communes

No.CommuneArabicPopulation
01Adrarأدرار
02Tamestتامست
03Charouineشروين
04Regganeرقان
05In Zghmirان زقمير
06Titتيط
07Ksar Kaddourقصر قدور
08Tsabitتسابيت
09Timimoun تيميمون
10Ouled Saidأوالد السعيد
11Zaouiet Kountaزاوية كنتة
12Aoulefأولف
13Timokten تمقطن
14Tamentit تمنطيط
15Fenoughilفنوغيل
16Tinerkoukتينركوك
17Deldoulدلدول
18Saliسالى
19Akabliأقبلى
20Metarfaالطارفة
21Ouled Ahmed Timmi أوالد أحمد تيمى
22Boudaبودة
23Aougroutأوقروت
24Talmineطلمين
25Bordj Badji Mokhtarبرج باجى مختار
26Sebaa السبع
27Ouled Aissaأوالد عيسى
28Timiaouineتيمياوين