Adrar Province
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Adrar Province
ولاية أدرار
Map of Algeria highlighting the Province of Adrar
Province Code	1
Area Code	+213 (0) 49
Administration
Capital	Adrar, Algeria
Districts	11
Municipalities	28
Wāli	Mr. Messaoud Djari
PPA president	Mr. Menad Mehdi (FLN)
Basic statistics
Area	439,700 km² (169,769 sq mi)
Population	402,1971 (2008)
Density	0,9/km² (2,4/sq mi)

For the region of Mauritania, see Adrar (region).

Adrar (Arabic: ولاية أدرار ‎) is a province of southwestern Algeria, named after its capital Adrar. It is the second-largest province, with an area of 427,368 km². It had 402,197 inhabitants at the 2008 population census.¹

It is bordered to the north by the Wilaya (province) of Bechar, El Bayadh and Ghardaïa; to the west by the Wilaya of Tindouf; to the east by the Wilaya of Tamanrasset; to the south by Mauritania and Mali.

Adrar is composed of three natural and cultural Regions: Touat (Adrar, Zaouit Kounta), Gourara (Aoulef, Timimoune), and Tidikelt (Aoulef) and 299 ksour.

Administrative divisions

It is made up of 11 districts and 28 municipalities. The districts are (in no particular order):

• Fenoughil
• Reggane
• Bordj Badji Mokhtar
• Aoulef
• Timimoune
• T'Sabit
• Aougrout
• Tinerkouk
• Charouine
• Adrar
• Zaouiat Kounta

The municipalities are:

• Adrar
• Akabli
• Aougrout
• Aoulef
• Bordj Badji Mokhtar
• Bouda
• Charouine
• Deldoul
• Fenoughil
• In Zghmir
• Ksar Kaddour
• Metarfa
• Ouled Ahmed Timmi
• Ouled Aissa
• Ouled Said
• Reggane
• Sali
• Sebaa
• Talmin
• Tamantit
• Tamest
• Timekten
• Timiaouine
• Timimoun
• Tinerkouk
• Tit
• Tsabit
• Zaouiet Kounta

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on 2008-07-02.

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Coordinates: 27°52′50″N 0°17′50″W / 27.88056, -0.29722