El Oued
El Oued (Arabic: اﻟﻮادى, meanin the River) or Oued Souf is a ceety, an the caiptial o El Oued Province, in Algerie.
El Oued اﻟﻮادى | |
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Commune an toun | |
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  El Oued | |
| Coordinates: 33°27′20″N 7°11′0″E / 33.45556°N 7.18333°E | |
| Kintra |  Algerie |
| Province | El Oued Province |
| Province | El Oued Destrict |
| Elevation | 76 m (249 ft) |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
| • Total | 134,699 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
The oasis toun is watered bi an unnergrund river, hence its name, which enables date palm cultivation an the rare uise (for the desert) o brick construction for hoosin. As maist roofs are domit, it is kent as the "Ceety o a Thoosan Domes"[1].
El Oued is locatit 400 mile sootheast o Algiers (the caipital ceety o Algerie), near the Tunisie border. It lies aboot 20 kilometres sooth o Guemar Airport. The population o El Oued wis 134,699 as o the 2008 census,[1] up frae 105,256 in 1998,[2] wi a population growth rate o 2.5%.[1]
References
eedit- ↑ a b c "Population: El Oued Wilaya" (PDF) (in French). Office National des Statistiques Algérie. Retrieved 12 Februar 2013.
- ↑ "Algeria Communes". Statoids. Retrieved 9 Mairch 2013.
Freemit airtins
eedit- El-Oued: Pearl o Sahara Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Explore Oued Souf wi Google Earth Archived 2011-08-17 at the Wayback Machine on Global Heritage Network
Neighbourin touns an ceeties