Touggourt Province

Touggourt (Arabic: ولاية تقرت) is an Algerian province (wilaya) created in 2019, previously, a delegated wilaya created in 2015. It is in the Algerian Sahara.

Touggourt Province ولاية تقرت
Province
Lake Tamacine in Touggourt Province.
Map of Algeria highlighting Touggourt
Coordinates: 33°06′30″N 6°03′50″E
Country	Algeria
Capital	Touggourt
Area
• Total	17,428 km2 (6,729 sq mi)
Elevation	276 m (906 ft)
Population  (2008)[1]
• Total	247,221
• Density	14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
Area code	+213 (0) 55
ISO 3166 code	DZ-01
Districts	4
Municipalities	11

Geography

Touggourt Province is located in the Algerian Sahara and has an area of 17,428 km². Its main settlement and capital, Touggourt, is located on an oasis.

It is delimited by:

• to the north by the El M'Ghair Province, ouled Djellal Province;
• to the east by the El Oued Province, Tunisia ;
• to the west by the Djelfa Province, Ghardaia Province;
• and to the south by the Ouargla Province, Illizi Province .

History

The wilaya of Touggourt was created on November 26, 2019.

Previously, it was a delegated wilaya, created according to the law n° 15–140 of May 27, 2015, creating administrative districts in certain wilayas and fixing the specific rules related to them, as well as the list of municipalities that are attached to it. Before 2019, it was attached to the Ouargla Province.

Organization of the wilaya

During the administrative breakdown of 2019, the delegated wilaya of Touggourt is made up of 6 districts and 14 communes.

List of walis

District	Commune	Arabic	Map
Mégarine District	Megarine	اﻟﻤﻘﺎرﻳﻦ
	Sidi Slimane	ﺳﻴﺪي ﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎن
Taïbet District	Benaceur	ﺑﻦ ﻧﺎﺻﺮ
	M'Naguer	اﻟﻤﻨﻘﺮ
	Taibet	اﻟﻄﻴﺒﺎت
Témacine District	Balidat Ameur	ﺑﻠﻴﺪة ﻋﺎﻣﺮ
	Tamacine	ﺗﻤﺎﺳﻴﻦ
Touggourt District	Nezla	ﻧﺰﻟﺔ
	Tebesbest	ﺗﻴﺒسﺴﺖ
	Touggourt	تقرت
	Zaouia El Abidia	اﻟﺰاوﻳﺔ اﻟﻌﺎﺑﺪﻳﺔ
El Hadjira District	El Hadjira	الحجيرة
	El Alia	العالية
El Borma District	El Borma	البرمة

Notes and references

References

• Algeria portal

1. Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on July 2, 2008.