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Touggourt
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Touggourt (; or 'the gate') is a city and commune, former sultanate and capital of Touggourt District, in Touggourt Province, Algeria, built next to an oasis in the Sahara. As of the 2008 census, the commune had a population of 39,409 people, up from 32,940 in 1998, and an annual growth rate of 1.8%. Touggourt's urban area includes the communes of Nezla, Tebesbest and Zaouia El Abidia, for a total population of 146,108.
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Touggourt is a city and commune in Algeria, situated within the Touggourt District. It functions as an oasis and serves as the capital of the Touggourt District, Touggourt Province, and the historical Sultanate of Tuggurt. The municipality has a population of 143,270 and covers an area of 216 square units. Its postal code is 30200, and it uses the local dialing code 029. The city is located in the UTC+01:00 time zone and shares a border with Tebesbest.
Geographically, Touggourt is positioned at coordinates 33.1, 6.0666666666667. Sources provide varying elevation data, listing the height above sea level as either 80 or 170 meters. The native labels for the location are تقرت and ⵜⵓⴳⵓⵔⵜ.
Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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- Region
- تقرت ⵜⵓⴳⴳⵓⵔⵜ
- Country
- ⵍⵣⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ الجزائر
- Population
- 143,270
- Timezone
- Africa/Algiers
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
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- Touggourt
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- تقرت
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- City
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- Entrance to the Ksar of Touggourt
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- DZ 30 Touggourt.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
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- Location of Touggourt commune within Ouargla Province
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- Algeria
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Touggourt within Algeria
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Touggourt
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Touggourt
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- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 216
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 62
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Understand
thumb|Entrance to the Toughourt ksar Touggourt lies on the western side of an extensive system of oases which supports palm plantations and other agriculture in an area 50 km from north to south. Other towns around the oases are Sidi Slimane and Megarine to north, and Tamacine and Balidat Ameur to the south. The system is associated with more oases further north in El Oued Province including the towns of Djamaa and El M'Ghair. Beyond the oases, the land is arid and barren, with extensive sand dunes to the west and east of the city.
See
thumb|Ben Djellab Palace The old ksar of Mestaoua forms the historical heart of the city of Touggourt, dating from before the 15th century. The alleyways are covered with palm trunks. It includes a few buildings clinging to the old mosque, and a market surrounded by a rampart opening onto the outside through three large gates: Bab es-Salem, Bab Lebled and Bab Lekdar.
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Its weekly market draws customers from across the region and is bustling with large-scale traders who travel throughout the Sahara.
Traditional embroidery is among the main craft activities.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Transportation
- Localities
- Notable residents
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Touggourt (; or 'the gate') is a city and commune, former sultanate and capital of Touggourt District, in Touggourt Province, Algeria, built next to an oasis in the Sahara. As of the 2008 census, the commune had a population of 39,409 people, up from 32,940 in 1998, and an annual growth rate of 1.8%. Touggourt's urban area includes the communes of Nezla, Tebesbest and Zaouia El Abidia, for a total population of 146,108.
Touggourt is notable for its date trees. It was formerly surrounded by a moat, which the French filled up. Bradt Travel Guides describe it as "largely a modern town of block architecture" and "largely unattractive. The centre is quiet most of the day due to the heat but is more active at night when people take to the streets."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Touggourt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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