Tindouf Province

Tindouf Province

ولاية تندوف
Tindouf Province ولاية تندوف
Province
	Statue in Tindouf
	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)
• Total	c. 160,000 (disputed); 58,193 Algerians; c. 100,000 Sahrawis
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.

[Alg2008RGPH-2] 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.

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