Ouargla
Page Module:Message box/ambox.css has no content.
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2013) |
Script error: No such module "Settlement short description".Page Module:Infobox/styles.css has no content.Page Template:Infobox settlement/styles.css has no content.
Ouargla
Script error: No such module "native name". Script error: No such module "native name". | |
|---|---|
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:InfoboxImage/data' not found. | |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:InfoboxImage/data' not found. Location of Ouargla commune within Ouargla Province | |
| Script error: No such module "Infobox mapframe". | |
| Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 411: Malformed coordinates value. | |
| Coordinates: Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | |
| Country | File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria |
| Province | Ouargla Province |
| District | Ouargla District |
| Elevation | Script error: No such module "ConvertIB". |
| Population (2008)[1] | Template:Fix comma category |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
• City | Template:Fix comma category |
| • Density | Script error: No such module "ConvertIB". |
| • Urban | Template:Fix comma category |
| • Urban density | Script error: No such module "ConvertIB". |
| Template:Pluralize from text | Template:Pluralize from text |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Postal code | 30000 |
| Template:Pluralize from text | Template:Pluralize from text |
Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".
Ouargla (Template:Langx,[2], Template:Langx) is the capital city of Ouargla Province in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria. It has a flourishing petroleum industry and hosts one of Algeria's universities, the University of Ouargla.[3] The commune of Ouargla had a population of 133,024 in the 2008 census,[1] up from 112,339 in 1998,[4] and an annual population growth rate of 1.7%.[1] However, including the commune of Rouissat, found in Ouargla's urban area, gives a total population of 191,136.[1]
Historical Ouargla
Script error: No such module "labelled list hatnote".
According to Ibn Khaldun, the town was founded by Banu Wargla who, accompanied by sections of the Maghrawa and Banu Ifran, left the Tlemcen region and founded Ouargla. These Berbers of Ouarghla then embraced Ibadi doctrines, which later made the town an attractive refuge for the citizens of Tahert.
In the 11th century, Banu Hilal, an Arab tribe living between Nile and Red Sea, settled in Tunisia, Tripolitania (western Libya) and Constantinois (eastern Algeria) which was Ouargla party. After his vassality to the Ottoman Empire with a recognised autonomy since 1555, the area was conquered in 1855 by the French. In the 19th century, the town was known for being on a caravan route to the south, and a starting point for exploring the southern Sahara.[5]
Modern Ouargla
The city was a significant tourist attraction until the civil unrest of the 1990s. Many tourists shopped for sand roses at the souk l'ehjar, the old rock market. The souq, or market, had many traditional shops filled with antiques, traditional crafts, and various local items ranging from dresses to stuffed reptiles. The area across from these shops was used to display sand roses and mineral specimens of all sizes and shapes. The market has since gone through a renovation process.
Not far from the souk l'ehjar [citation needed] is the old farmers’ market, or the "Sunday market", as it is called by the locals. It, too, is located in the centre of the old city, La Kasbah. At its centre, the original old market is shaped as a circle and split into small arcs. The centre circular structure is now a meat market, surrounded by rows of grocers' and farmers' stalls selling all sorts of fresh produce and fruits. Next to the old market are the two oldest mosques in the city, al-Masjid al-Atiq, which literally means "the old mosque," and the old Ibadi mosque, home to one of the most renowned Islamic scholars of the city, Taleb et-Tayeb.
Some of Ouargla's population speak the Wargli language, part of the Zenati languages subgroup of the Northern Berber languages,[6] and Wargli speakers reside in N'Goussa, as well.
Climate
Ouargla has a desert climate (Koppën climate classification BWh) typical of the Sahara Desert in which it is located. The city has very long and extremely hot summers and short and pleasant winters. The average temperatures of the city are the highest of the big cities of Algeria which Ouargla is part of. The temperature of July, which is the hottest month, is around Template:Cvt. The heat becomes persistent and unpleasant in summer with temperatures sometimes exceeding Template:Cvt. On average, the city of Ouargla has a temperature equal to or greater than Template:Cvt for more than 135 days and Template:Cvt for more than 83 days. The year with the most days with a temperature equal to or greater than 100 °F was in 2014 with 99 days, while the lowest total was 39 days in 1981. By comparison, the city of Carpentras in France had a total of 16 days since 1963 when the temperature was equivalent or above 100 °F. The highest minimum temperature recorded at Ouargla was Template:Cvt on July 31, 2005. The highest temperature was recorded on August 13, 1984, at Template:Cvt, although that reading is disputed by some meteorologists[7] thus leaving reading Template:Cvt recorded on 5 July 2018 as the highest reliable reading for Ouargla, for Algeria and for whole continent of Africa.
The climate is particularly arid and not very rainy with clear skies most of the time. The rainfall recorded in the city of Ouargla is limited to only Template:Cvt per year in average. The most rainy year lived in Ouargla was that of 1903 with Template:Cvt. The most arid year was that of 1929 with 0 mm. The year of 1903, which was the rainiest in Ouargla, still had nine constant months with a rainfall of 0 mm, from February to October. January is the rainiest month with Template:Cvt. August is the driest with Template:Cvt.
Ouargla rarely sees days with a minimum temperature below 0°C. However, if one moves away from the urban area of Ouargla, frost is much more frequent in the periphery of the city. The record for the number of days below zero was in 1983 with 7 days during the month of January and 7 days during the month of December for a total of 14 days. The city sees an average of 5 days below 0°C per year. The winter with the most frost in Ouargla was from 1999 to 2000 with a total of 55 days. Snow is very rare in Ouargla, and only occurs in exceptional cases and in a small quantity. The lowest temperature recorded at Ouargla is Template:Cvt on January 16, 2001, while the lowest maximum temperature is Template:Cvt on January 27, 2005.
Script error: No such module "weather box".
Localities
The commune comprises 15 localities:[11]
Page Template:Div col/styles.css has no content.
- Mekhadma
- Beni Thour
- Ville de Ouargla
- Saïd Otba Est
- Saïd Otba Ouest
- Ba Mendil
- Bouameur
- Bour El Haïcha
- Sidi Amrane
- Gharbouz
- Sidi Boughoufala
- Melala Ksar
- Hassi Miloud
- Zone d'Activité
- Delalha (Sidi Amrane)
See also
Lua error in mw.title.lua at line 404: bad argument #2 to 'title.new' (unrecognized namespace name 'Portal').
References
Page Template:Reflist/styles.css has no content.
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Population: Ouargla Wilaya" (PDF) (in français). Office National des Statistiques Algérie. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Delheure, Jean (1978). Agerraw n iwalen : teggargrent-taṛumit = Dictionnaire ouargli-français. Paris: SELAF. p. 272. ISBN 2-85297-197-6. OCLC 19893029.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Université Kasdi Merbah Ouargla - Accueil". www.univ-ouargla.dz. Archived from the original on 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Algeria Communes". Statoids. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
- ^ Script error: No such module "template wrapper".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tagargrent". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Africa's Hottest Reliably Measured Temperature on Record: 124.3°F on Thursday in Algeria".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ouargla Climate Normals 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Appendix I: Meteorological Data" (PDF). Springer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Station Ouargla" (in français). Meteo Climat. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes. Wilaya d'El Oued" (PDF) (in français). Journal officiel de la République Algérienne. 19 December 1984. p. 1550. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
External links
- University of Ouargla official website Script error: No such module "webarchive".
Template:Geographic location Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Navbox/configuration' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Navbox/configuration' not found.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Authority control/config' not found.
