Back ولاية تندوف Arabic ولايه تندوف ARZ Provincia de Tindouf AST Tinduf vilayəti AZ تندوف اوستانی AZB Тындуф (правінцыя) BE Тындуф (вілает) BE-X-OLD Тиндуф (област) Bulgarian Província de Tindouf Catalan Тиндуф (вилайет) CE
Tindouf Province
ولاية تندوف | |
|---|---|
.svg) Map of Algeria highlighting Tindouf | |
| Coordinates: 27°41′N 8°8′W / 27.683°N 8.133°W | |
| Country |  Algeria |
| Capital | Tindouf |
| Area | |
• Total | 159,000 km2 (61,000 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
• Total | c. 160,000 (disputed) 58,193 Algerians c. 100,000 Sahrawis[a] |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Area Code | +213 (0) 49 |
| ISO 3166 code | DZ-37 |
| Districts | 1 |
| Municipalities | 2 |
Tindouf, also written Tinduf (Arabic: ولاية تندوف), is the westernmost province of Algeria, having a population of 58,193 as of the 2008 census (not including the Sahrawi refugees at the Sahrawi refugee camps).[1] Its population in reality could be as high as 160,000 because of the Sahrawi refugee camps. Despite the barren landscape, Tindouf is a resource-rich province, with important quantities of iron ore located in the Gara Djebilet area close to the border with Mauritania. Prior to Algerian independence, the area served as a strongpoint of several tribes of the nomadic Reguibat confederation.
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- ^ a b 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.