Oum El Achar

Oum El Achar
Oum El Achar
	Village
	Oum El Achar
	Coordinates: 28°42′52″N8°28′56″W / 28.71444°N 8.48222°W Coordinates: 28°42′52″N8°28′56″W / 28.71444°N 8.48222°W
Country	Algeria
Province	Tindouf Province
District	Tindouf District
Commune	Tindouf [1]
Elevation	353 m (1,158 ft)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)

Last updated April 30, 2019

Oum El Achar is a village in the commune of Tindouf,^[1] in Tindouf Province, Algeria, located at the base of a mountain pass.^[2] It is connected to the N50 national highway by a long local road leading south from the village.

The municipalities of Algeria form the second level of administrative subdivisions of Algeria. As of 2002, there were 1,541 municipalities in the country.

Tindouf is the main town, and a commune in Tindouf Province, Algeria, close to the Mauritanian, Western Saharan and Moroccan borders.The commune has population of around 160,000 but the census and population estimates do not count the Sahrawi refugees making the population as of the 2008 census 45,966, up from 25,266 in 1998, and an annual population growth rate of 6.3%.

Tindouf, also written Tinduf, is the westernmost province of Algeria, having a population of 58,193 as of the 2008 census. Its population in reality could be as high as 160,000 because of the Sahrawi refugee camps. Despite the barren landscape, Tindouf is a resource-rich province, with important quantities of iron ore located in the Gara Djebilet area close to the border with Mauritania. Prior to Algerian independence, the area served as a strongpoint of several tribes of the nomadic Reguibat confederation.

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References

1 2 "Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes. Wilaya d'El Oued" (PDF) (in French). Journal officiel de la République Algérienne,. 19 December 1984. p. 1562. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2013 or before. Retrieved 2 March 2013. Check date values in: |archivedate= (help)
↑ "Oumm el Achar, Algeria". Geonames.Org. Retrieved 14 May 2013.

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[localities-1] 1 2 "Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes. Wilaya d'El Oued" (PDF) (in French). Journal officiel de la République Algérienne,. 19 December 1984. p. 1562. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2013 or before. Retrieved 2 March 2013. Check date values in: |archivedate= (help)

[GeoNames-2] "Oumm el Achar, Algeria". Geonames.Org. Retrieved 14 May 2013.