In Salah

Also known as I-n-Salah

town in In Salah Province, Algeria

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Country: Algeria
Province: In Salah Province
District: In Salah District
Total: 32,518 km (12,555 sq mi)
Elevation: 293 m (961 ft)
Density: 1.0000/km (2.5900/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+1 ( CET )

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Ain Salah, officially Aïn Salah (Algerian Arabic: عين صالح, romanized: ʿīn ṣalāḥ), is an oasis town in central Algeria and the capital of In Salah Province and In Salah District. It was once an important trade link in the trans-Saharan caravan route. As of the 2008 census, it had a population of 32,518, up from 28,022 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 1.5%, the lowest in the province. The village is located in the heart of the Sahara in North Africa. The name In Salah means "good well".

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