Touggourt
Sign in to saveTouggourt (; or 'the gate') is a city and commune, former sultanate and capital of Touggourt District, in Touggourt Province, Algeria, built next to an oasis in the Sahara. As of the 2008 census, the commune had a population of 39,409 people, up from 32,940 in 1998, and an annual growth rate of 1.8%. Touggourt's urban area includes the communes of Nezla, Tebesbest and Zaouia El Abidia, for a total population of 146,108.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Touggourt
- Settlement.native_name
- تقرت
- Settlement.type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Touggourt 7.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Entrance to the Ksar of Touggourt
- Settlement.image_map
- DZ 30 Touggourt.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Touggourt commune within Ouargla Province
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Algeria
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Touggourt within Algeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- oasis
- Country
- Algeria
- Located in
- Touggourt District
- Population
- +143270
- Area
- +216
- Elevation
- +80
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Touggourt Province
- Shares border with
- Tebesbest
- Image
- Les environs de Touggourt - Tamelaht (SNED) (cropped).jpg
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Touggourt (; or 'the gate') is a city and commune, former sultanate and capital of Touggourt District, in Touggourt Province, Algeria, built next to an oasis in the Sahara. As of the 2008 census, the commune had a population of 39,409 people, up from 32,940 in 1998, and an annual growth rate of 1.8%. Touggourt's urban area includes the communes of Nezla, Tebesbest and Zaouia El Abidia, for a total population of 146,108.
Touggourt is notable for its date trees. It was formerly surrounded by a moat, which the French filled up. Bradt Travel Guides describe it as "largely a modern town of block architecture" and "largely unattractive. The centre is quiet most of the day due to the heat but is more active at night when people take to the streets."