The wilaya of Ain Salah (Arabic: ولاية عين صالح) is an Algerian wilaya created in 2019, previously, a delegated wilaya created in 2015. It is in the Algerian Sahara.

Ain Salah Province
ولاية عين صالح
Map of Algeria highlighting in Salah
Map of Algeria highlighting in Salah
Coordinates: 27°11′50″N 2°29′00″E / 27.19722°N 2.48333°E / 27.19722; 2.48333
CountryAlgeria
CapitalAin Salah
Area
 • Total131,220 km2 (50,660 sq mi)
Elevation
276 m (906 ft)
Population
 (2008)[1]
 • Total50,392
 • Density0.38/km2 (0.99/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01 (CET)
Area Code+213 (0) 49
ISO 3166 codeDZ-01
Districts2
Municipalities3

Geography

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The wilaya of Ain Salah is in the Algerian Sahara, its area 131,220 km².[2]

It is delimited by:

History

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The wilaya of Ain Salah was created on November 26, 2019. Previously, it was a delegated wilaya, created on May 27, 2015, creating administrative districts in certain wilayas and fixing the specific rules related to them, as well as the list of municipalities that are attached to it. Before 2019, it was attached to the Tamanrasset Province.

Organization of the wilaya

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During the administrative breakdown of 2015, the delegated wilaya of Ain Salah is made up of 2 districts and 3 communes.

List of walis

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District Commune Arabic
Ain Ghar District Ain Ghar عين غار
Ain Salah District Foggaret Ezzaouia فقارة الزوى
Ain Salah عين صالح

Demography

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According to the general census of population and housing of 2008, all the municipalities of the wilaya of In Salah had a total 50,392 inhabitants [3]

References

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  1. ^ Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on July 2, 2008.
  2. ^ Badreddine Yousfi, "Saharan territories in Algeria. Governance, actors and territorial recomposition ", L’Année du Maghreb [Online], 16 | 2017, Online since July 5, 2017, connection on March 21, 2020. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/anneemaghreb/2951; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/anneemaghreb.2951
  3. ^ 2008 Census of the Algerian population, wilaya of Ghardaïa, on the site of the ONS.