Adrar, Algeria

Adrar
Adrar
City
	Buildings in Adrar
	Location of Adrar commune within Adrar Province
	Adrar Location of Adrar within Algeria
	Coordinates: 27°52′N 0°17′W / 27.867°N 0.283°W
Country	Algeria
Province	Adrar Province
District	Adrar District
Area
• Total	633 km2 (244 sq mi)
Elevation	258 m (846 ft)
Population (2008)
• Total	64,781
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Area code	0101
Climate	BWh

Adrar (Berber: Adrar, ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ; Arabic: أدرار) is the administrative capital of Adrar Province, the second largest province in Algeria. The commune is sited around an oasis in the Touat region of the Sahara Desert. According to a 2008 census, it has a population of 64,781,^[1] up from 43,903 in 1998,^[2] with an annual growth rate of 4.0%.^[1]

Adrar is mainly an agricultural town, characterized by its traditional irrigation system, the Foggara.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Population: Wilaya d'Adrar" (PDF) (in French). Office National des Statistiques Algérie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
^ "Algeria Communes". Statoids. Retrieved 8 March 2013.

[census2008-1] "Population: Wilaya d'Adrar" (PDF) (in French). Office National des Statistiques Algérie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2013.

[1998pop-2] "Algeria Communes". Statoids. Retrieved 8 March 2013.

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