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Ghardaia
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thumb|upright|The Old Souk thumb|Metissa Dam Wadi Mzab Ghardaïa (, ) is the capital city of Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. The commune of Ghardaïa has a population of 93,423 according to the 2008 census, up from 87,599 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 0.7%.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ghardaïa
- Settlement.official_name
- City of Ghardaïa
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ksar Ghardaia place marché 1.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_map
- DZ-47 Ghardaïa.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 180px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the city of Ghardaïa within Ghardaïa Province
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Algeria
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Ghardaïa within Algeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ghardaïa Province (seat)
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ghardaïa District (coextensive)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1048
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 120000
- Area
- 590
- Elevation
- 572
- Image
- Ksar Ghardaia place marché 1.jpg
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- postal code
- 47000
- Commons category
- Ghardaïa
- inception
- 1048-00-00
- native label
- ⵜⴰⵖⵔⴷⴰⵢⵜ
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thumb|upright|The Old Souk thumb|Metissa Dam Wadi Mzab Ghardaïa (, ) is the capital city of Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. The commune of Ghardaïa has a population of 93,423 according to the 2008 census, up from 87,599 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 0.7%.
It is located in northern-central Algeria in the Sahara and lies along the left bank of the Wadi Mzab. The M'zab in the Ghardaïa Province was made a World Heritage Site in 1982, as a cultural property evaluated under the criteria II (for its settlement affecting urban planning even to the present century), III (for its Ibadi cultural values), and V (a settlement culture which has prevailed to the present century).
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