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Ouargla Province

Ouargla Province
ولاية ورقلة
Map of Algeria highlighting Ouargla
Map of Algeria highlighting Ouargla
Coordinates: 31°57′N 5°19′E / 31.950°N 5.317°E / 31.950; 5.317
Country Algeria
CapitalOuargla
Area
 • Total
211,980 km2 (81,850 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)[1]
 • Total
552,539
 • Estimate 
(2019)[2]
708,463
 • Density2.6/km2 (6.8/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01 (CET)
Area Code+213 32
ISO 3166 codeDZ-30
Districts6
Municipalities10

Ouargla or Warqla (Arabic: ولاية ورقلة) is a province (wilaya) in eastern Algeria, with a population of 708 463 inhabitants in 2019. Its capital is Ouargla. Other localities include Hassi Ben Abdellah and Hassi Messaoud. It borders Ouled Djellal Province, El M'Ghair Province Touggourt Province, and El Oued Province to the north, Tunisia to the east, In Salah Province and Illizi Province to the south, and El Menia Province, Ghardaia Province and Djelfa Province to the west. It contains the Issaouane Erg desert.

  1. ^ Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on 2008-07-02.
  2. ^ "السكان و التشغيل". Ministry of the Interior of Algeria (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-06-12.

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