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Ouargla Province

Province of Algeria

Summary

Province of Algeria

Field	Value
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->	name	Ouargla Province
native_name	ولاية ورقلة
native_name_lang	ar
type	Province
image_map	DZ-30_(2019).svg
map_caption	Map of Algeria highlighting Ouargla
map_caption1	Map of the 10 districts of Ouargla
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Algeria
established_title
seat_type	Capital
seat	Ouargla
leader_title	PPA president
leader_title1	Wāli
unit_pref	Metric
area_total_km2	194552
population_footnotes
population_total	552539
population_as_of	2008
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	CET
utc_offset1	+01
iso_code	DZ-30
area_code_type	Area Code
area_code	+213 32
blank_name_sec1	Districts
blank_info_sec1	6
blank1_name_sec1	Municipalities
blank1_info_sec1	10
website
population_est	708,463
pop_est_as_of	2019
pop_est_footnotes

Ouargla or Warqla () is a province (wilaya) in eastern Algeria, with a population of 708 463 inhabitants in 2019. Its capital is Ouargla. Other localities include Hassi Ben Abdellah and Hassi Messaoud. It borders Ouled Djellal Province, El M'Ghair Province Touggourt Province, and El Oued Province to the north, Tunisia to the east, In Salah Province and Illizi Province to the south, and El Menia Province, Ghardaia Province and Djelfa Province to the west. It contains the Issaouane Erg desert.

History

In the past Ouargla was the center of trading of gold and slaves, as well as being an important center of Ibadi Islam. However, the Ibadis left for the M'zab valley.

In 1984 Illizi Province was carved out of its territory.

In 2019, Touggourt Province was carved out of its territory.

Administrative divisions

The province is divided into 4 districts (daïras), which are further divided into 7 communes or municipalities.

Districts

District	Commune	Arabic
Hassi Messaoud District	Hassi Messaoud	حاسي مسعود
N'Goussa District	N'Goussa	ﻧﻘﻮﺳﺔ
Ouargla District	Ouargla	ورقلة
Rouissat	اﻟﺮوﻳﺴﺎت
Sidi Khouïled District	Aïn Beida	ﻋﻴﻦ اﻟﺒﻴﻀﺎء
Hassi Ben Abdellah	ﺣﺎﺳﻲ ﺑﻦ ﻋﺒﺪ اﷲ
Sidi Khouiled	ﺳﻴﺪي ﺧﻮﻳﻠﺪ

Geology

The region lies within the Algerian Triassic Sedimentary basin containing numerous oil and gas fields, including the Alrar gas field. Production is from Triassic sandstones with Andesitic seals and the Gothlandian shale as a source rock. Major fields include the Hassi R'Mel gas field, Haoud-Berkaolu, Ben-Kahla, and the Guellala.

References

[http://rgph2008.ons.dz/resultat/histo.htm Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008] {{webarchive. link. (2008-07-24 Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on 2008-07-02.)
"السكان و التشغيل".
"Synagogue at Ouargla, Algeria {{!}} Archive {{!}} Diarna.org".
(11 December 2019). "Loi n° 19-12 du 14 Rabie Ethani 1441 correspondant au 11 décembre 2019 modifiant et complétant la loi n° 84-09 du 4 février 1984 relative à l'organisation territoriale du pays.".
Hamouda, A., 1980, Petroleum Potential-Ouargla Region Triassic Basin, Algeria, in Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the Decade: 1968-1978, AAPG Memoir 30, Halbouty, M.T., editor, Tulsa: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, {{ISBN. 0891813063, p. 539
Hamouda, A., 1980, Petroleum Potential-Ouargla Region Triassic Basin, Algeria, in Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the Decade: 1968-1978, AAPG Memoir 30, Halbouty, M.T., editor, Tulsa: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, {{ISBN. 0891813063, p. 540

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