Ouargla
Sign in to saveOuargla (, , ) is the capital city of Ouargla Province in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria. It has a flourishing petroleum industry and hosts one of Algeria's universities, the University of Ouargla. The commune of Ouargla had a population of 133,024 in the 2008 census, up from 112,339 in 1998, and an annual population growth rate of 1.7%. However, including the commune of Rouissat, found in Ouargla's urban area, gives a total population of 191,136.
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Place details
- Locality
- Ouargla ⵡⴻⵔⴳⵔⴰⵏ ورقلة
- Region
- ورقلة ⵡⴰⵔⴳⵍⴰ
- Country
- ⵍⵣⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ الجزائر
- Population
- 169,928
- Timezone
- Africa/Algiers
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Ouargla
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 2018 القصر العتيق بمدينة ورقلة في الجزائر سبتمبر.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- DZ 30 Ouargla.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Ouargla commune within Ouargla Province
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Algeria
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Ouargla within Algeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ouargla Province
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Algeria
- Demonym
- وَرْجَلَانِيٌّ
- Country
- France
- Population
- +133024
- Elevation
- +170
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Ouargla District
- Shares border with
- N'Goussa
- Image
- Ouargla.jpg
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- P8168
- Hartmut Lange
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Article
7 sectionsContents
- Historical Ouargla
- Modern Ouargla
- Climate
- Localities
- See also
- References
- External links
Ouargla (, , ) is the capital city of Ouargla Province in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria. It has a flourishing petroleum industry and hosts one of Algeria's universities, the University of Ouargla. The commune of Ouargla had a population of 133,024 in the 2008 census, up from 112,339 in 1998, and an annual population growth rate of 1.7%. However, including the commune of Rouissat, found in Ouargla's urban area, gives a total population of 191,136.
== Historical Ouargla ==