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Ouargla, Algeria
Ouargla · Algeria
Ouargla is a large city in Ouargla, Algeria with a population of 169,928. Elevation: 453 ft (138 m). Average temperature: 73°F (23°C).
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About Ouargla
Ouargla is the capital city of Ouargla Province in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria. It has a flourishing petroleum industry and hosts one of Algeria's universities, the University of Ouargla. The commune of Ouargla had a population of 133,024 in the 2008 census, up from 112,339 in 1998, and an annual population growth rate of 1.7%. However, including the commune of Rouissat, found in Ouargla's urban area, gives a total population of 191,136.
People
Climate
| Population | 169,928 |
| Population Density | 116 / sq mi |
| Elevation | 453 ft (138 m) |
| Coordinates | 31.9493°, 5.3250° |
| Timezone | Africa/Algiers |
| Country | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
| State / Province | Ouargla |
| Average Temperature | 73°F (23°C) |
| January Average | 51°F (11°C) |
| July Average | 95°F (35°C) |
| Annual Precipitation | 1.9 inches (47 mm) |
| Annual Snowfall | 0.0 inches (0 cm) |
About Ouargla
Ouargla is a large city in Algeria (Ouargla) with a population of 169,928. The city sits at an elevation of 453 feet (138 meters) above sea level. The average annual temperature is 73°F (23°C). Temperatures range from 51°F in January to 95°F in July. Annual precipitation averages 1.9 inches. The timezone is Africa/Algiers.
Climate in Ouargla
Ouargla has an average annual temperature of 23.6°C (74°F). The hottest month is Jul (35.8°C), the coldest is Jan (11.7°C). Average annual precipitation is 35 mm.
Temperature
| Annual Average | 72.8°F |
| 35% above Algeria avg | |
| January Average | 51°F (11°C) |
| July Average | 95°F (35°C) |
| Sunny Days | 333 days/yr |
Geography
| Elevation | 453 ft (138 m) |
| Area | 1,470.3 sq mi (3,808.1 km²) |
| Population Density | 116/sq mi |
| Coordinates | 31.9493°N, 5.3250°W |
| Timezone | Africa/Algiers |
Precipitation & Snow
Air Quality
Monthly Weather
| Month | Avg Temperature | Precipitation | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51°F (11°C) | 0.3 in | Coldest |
| February | 56°F (14°C) | 0.2 in | |
| March | 63°F (17°C) | 0.2 in | |
| April | 71°F (22°C) | 0.1 in | |
| May | 80°F (27°C) | 0.0 in | |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 0.0 in | |
| July | 95°F (35°C) | 0.0 in | Warmest, Driest |
| August | 94°F (35°C) | 0.0 in | |
| September | 85°F (30°C) | 0.2 in | |
| October | 74°F (23°C) | 0.2 in | |
| November | 61°F (16°C) | 0.3 in | |
| December | 53°F (12°C) | 0.3 in | Wettest |
Ouargla has a seasonal temperature swing of 44°F / from 51°F in January to 95°F in July. Total annual precipitation is 1.9 inches, with December being the wettest month (0.3") and July the driest (0.0").
Colleges & Universities in Ouargla
| Institution | Type | Founded | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| CEM Sid Rouhou | College | — | — |
| CENTRE FORMATION BOUROUBA DAHMEN | College | — | — |
| CENTRE FORMATION KHLIL ABDELKADER (BNI BRAHIM) | College | — | — |
| CENTRE FORMATION MEKHADMA | College | — | — |
| Centre Formation Zoubidi Boughoufla | College | — | — |
| Département de Génie Civil et Hydraulique | College | — | — |
| Ecole de douanes | College | — | — |
| Ecole de formation des cadres de la jenesse | College | — | — |
| Ecole normale supérieur | College | — | — |
| Faculté de Mathématiques et Sciences de la Matière | College | — | — |
| Faculté de Médecine | College | — | — |
| Faculté des lettres | University | — | — |
| Faculté des sciences naturelles et de la vie | University | — | — |
| INFSPM | College | — | — |
| Institute S.T.P.S.A (sport) | University | — | — |
| Kasdi Merbah University | University | — | Visit → |
| Ouargla University | University | — | — |
| القطب الجامعي رقم 2 ـ جامعة ورقلة | University | — | Visit → |
| مركو التكوين المهني و التمهين محجوبي أحمد الرويسات | College | — | — |
Schools in Ouargla
89+ public schools (NCES 2022-23 data).
| School | Level | Enrollment | Teachers | Student/Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ابتدائية 1 نوفمبر سكرة | — | — | — | — |
| ECOLE PRIMAIRE CHAHID CHNINE MORDJAN | — | — | — | — |
| المدرسة الابتدائية تخة ميلود | — | — | — | — |
| المدرسة الابتدائية بامنديل الشرقية | — | — | — | — |
| École primaire 27 février | — | — | — | — |
| ECOLE PRIMAIRE MECHE MOHAMED BEN EL-EID | — | — | — | — |
| CEM | — | — | — | — |
| CEM CHAHID CHATTI ELOUKEL | — | — | — | — |
| CEM Aicha Oum Elmouminine | — | — | — | — |
| ابتدائية طارق ابن زياد | — | — | — | — |
| ابتدائية عبد المجيد بومادة | — | — | — | — |
| اكماية الشهيد احمد بن هجيرة | — | — | — | — |
| CEM CHAHID MOHAMED BEN LEMKOTEM | — | — | — | — |
| الوحدة 6 لحفظ النظام لولاية ورقلة | — | — | — | — |
| المدرسة الاساسية سكرة الغربية القديمة | — | — | — | — |
| Lycée Belarbi Slimane | — | — | — | — |
| ECOLE PRIMAIRE ELMOUDJAHID HASINI MOHAMED | — | — | — | — |
| المدرسة الاساسية حي الدوي | — | — | — | — |
| ECOLE PRIMAIRE LAAMOUDI MOHAMED ELAMIN | — | — | — | — |
| ECOLE PRIMAIRE CHAHID BACHIRI KADOUR | — | — | — | — |
| ابتدائية المجاهد بخديجة المعطي | — | — | — | — |
| ثانوية توفيق المدني | — | — | — | — |
| ابتدائية المجاهد خنقاوي الهاشمي | — | — | — | — |
| متوسطة المجاهد داوي سالم | — | — | — | — |
| ابتدائية الامام الغزالي | — | — | — | — |
| ثانوية محمد العيد ال خليفة | — | — | — | — |
| Ecole primaire Ahmed Temam | — | — | — | — |
| متوسطة الشهيد عطوات قدور | — | — | — | — |
| إبتدائية الشهيد سماحي علي | — | — | — | — |
| Lycee chahid Abidli Ahmed | — | — | — | — |
| ابتدائية المجاهد مدقن محمد | — | — | — | — |
| CEM IFRI | — | — | — | — |
| المركز النفسي التربوي بني ثور | — | — | — | — |
| ابتدائية المجاهد محمد مخرمش | — | — | — | — |
| المدرسة الابتدائية صفراني عبد القادر | — | — | — | — |
| المدرسة الابتدائية عبد الحميد ابن باديس | — | — | — | — |
| المدرسة الابتدائية جلولي محمد عبد القادر | — | — | — | — |
| متوسطة المجاهد شبوعات أحمد | — | — | — | — |
| المدرسة الاساسية سكرة الغربية الجديدة 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Ecole Primaire El-Imam El-Boukhari | — | — | — | — |
| ECOLE PRIMAIRE SALAH EDDIN EL AYOUBI | — | — | — | — |
| ECOLE PRIMAIRE SID ROHO | — | — | — | — |
| إكمالية 17 أكتوبر 1961 | — | — | — | — |
| École Primaire rabia al adawiyya | — | — | — | — |
| CEM ELMOUDJAHID BKIRAT MABROK (MEKHADMA EL-DJANOUBIA) | — | — | — | — |
| المعهد الوطني لتكوين موظفي قطاع التربية ورقلة | — | — | — | — |
| TECHNICOM MOSTAPHA HAFIEN-MEKHADMA | — | — | — | — |
| CEM Djaber Ibn Hayene | — | — | — | — |
| CEM ELARBI BEN MHIDI | — | — | — | — |
| Lycée ABDELMAJID BOUMADA (El Motachaiba) | — | — | — | — |
| Lycée El Khaouarizmi | — | — | — | — |
| Ecole Primaire Aicha Nouasser | — | — | — | — |
| Lycée KHLIL AHMED | — | — | — | — |
| CEM Ibn Badis | — | — | — | — |
| ثانوية علي ملاح | — | — | — | — |
| متوسطة مبارك الميلي | — | — | — | — |
| ECOLE PRIMAIRE BENI HACEN | — | — | — | — |
| Centre paramédical | — | — | — | — |
| متوسطة سكرة | — | — | — | — |
| روضة الأطفال | — | — | — | — |
| MS Taibi Djemaai. Hai Annasr Ouargla | — | — | — | — |
| Ouargla Modern School | — | — | — | — |
| Chorfa primary | — | — | — | — |
| CEM HASSI EL BOUSTENE | — | — | — | — |
| CEM ECHAHID MOULAI ELARBI | — | — | — | — |
| ROYAL SCHOOL | — | — | — | — |
| ECOLE PRIMAIRE ELMOUDJAHID TALEB BRAHIM MEDAKENE | — | — | — | — |
| CEM TOUKHA BRAHIM | — | — | — | — |
| المدرسة الاساسية سكرة الغربية الجديدة 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Ecole Anou Mohamed | — | — | — | — |
| CEM EL AKID AMIROUCHE | — | — | — | — |
| CEM ELKHALIL BEN AHMED ELFARAHIDI | — | — | — | — |
| ECOLE PRIMAIRE ALI ZIANE | — | — | — | — |
| ’Institut Paramédicale de Ouargla | — | — | — | — |
| ECOLE PRIMAIRE OTHMANE IBN AFFAN ANCIEN | — | — | — | — |
| ECOLE PRIMAIRE CHAHID ABDELKADER BABI | — | — | — | — |
| ECOLE PRIMAIRE KHLIL ABD-ELKADER | — | — | — | — |
| ECOLE CHAHID BEN AMER BELKHIR | — | — | — | — |
| Ecole primaire CHAHID ELHAMEL DAHMENE | — | — | — | — |
| Ecole Primaire DJAMAL EDDINE ELAFGHANI | — | — | — | — |
| CEM LALA FATMA NSOUMER | — | — | — | — |
| Lycée Belkacem Naiet Belkacem | — | — | — | — |
| ECOLE REGIONALE TELECOM | — | — | — | — |
| CEM 27 FEVRIER - HAI BOUZID | — | — | — | — |
| CEM FARHAT SALEH | — | — | — | — |
| إبتدائية الشيخ بريقش | — | — | — | — |
| مدرسة ابتدائية | — | — | — | — |
| CEM IBN HIDJR ELASQALANI | — | — | — | — |
| CEM ELMOUDJAHID MEZABIA KOUIDER | — | — | — | — |
Radio Stations near Ouargla
0 stations within ~55 km.
| Station | Genre | Quality |
|---|
Museums in Ouargla
| Name | Type | Address | Phone | Annual Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musée El Moudjahid | ||||
| متحف المجاهد |
Libraries in Ouargla
| Name | Address | Staff | Annual Visits | Circulation | Collection | Programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bibliothèque | 0.0 | |||||
| Bibliothèque ALMO مكتبة ألمو | 0.0 | |||||
| Hassi school | 0.0 | |||||
| المكتبة الرئيسية للمطالعة العمومية | 0.0 | |||||
| كلية العلوم التطبيقية | 0.0 | |||||
| مكتبة | 0.0 | |||||
| مكتبة البلدية | 0.0 | |||||
| مكتبة البلدية | 0.0 | |||||
| مكتبة البلدية | 0.0 | |||||
| مكتبة المجاهد غبشي محمد | 0.0 | |||||
| مكتبة عمومية | 0.0 |
Farmers Markets in Ouargla
| Name | Address | Season | Hours | Organic | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancien Souk du Ksar | |||||
| ELGALERIE | |||||
| Marché | |||||
| Marché de l'automobile | |||||
| Marché du Samedi | |||||
| SOUK BELABBESS | |||||
| SOUK ELFALLAH | |||||
| SUPERETTE ACILA SIDI KHOUILED بقالة أسيلا سيدي خويلد | |||||
| سوبيرات | |||||
| سوق الاغنام | |||||
| سوق السيارات | |||||
| سوق المواشي | |||||
| سوق بيع الاغنام ـ الرويسات | |||||
| سوق ورقلة | |||||
| محلات بوتفليقة |
Hotels in Ouargla
10 hotels within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Restaurants in Ouargla
16 restaurants within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Cafes in Ouargla
13 cafes within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Cinemas in Ouargla
1 cinemas within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Theatres in Ouargla
2 theatres within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Castles in Ouargla
2 castles within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Theme Parks in Ouargla
2 theme parks within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Clinics in Ouargla
11 clinics within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Dentists in Ouargla
3 dentists within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Bus Stations in Ouargla
3 bus stations within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Gas Stations in Ouargla
10 gas stations within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Banks in Ouargla
14 banks within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Shopping Malls in Ouargla
1 shopping malls within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Gyms in Ouargla
1 gyms within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Stadiums & Teams in Ouargla
| Team | League | Division |
|---|---|---|
Airports Near Ouargla
1 airports within the area.
| Airport | IATA | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Ain Beida Airport | OGX | Medium Airport |
Post Offices in Ouargla
8 post offices.
| Post Office | Address |
|---|---|
| ALGÉRIE POSTE -GRAND POSTE- | |
| Bureau de Poste | |
| بريد القصر | |
| مكتب البريد بوغفالة | |
| مكتب البريد سكرة | |
| مكتب البريد والمواصلات | |
| مكتب البريد والمواصلات بني ثور | |
| مكتب البريد ورقلة |
Churches & Religious Organizations in Ouargla
44 religious organizations (IRS tax-exempt data).
| Name | Address |
|---|---|
| Adem | |
| Aicha Oum El Mouminin Mosque | |
| Al Fajr Mosque | |
| ALMASDJID ALKABIR - KHOUALED | |
| ALMASJID ALKABIR - MSJD KHOUALED | |
| MASDJID SIDI CHIKH | |
| MASDJID SIDI ELHADJ AISSA | |
| MASDJID SOHAIB IBN SINAN EROUMI | |
| MASJID SIDI OMRAN | |
| MOSQUE BILAL IBN RABAH | |
| Mosque BILAL IBN RABAH | |
| MOSQUE OTHMANE IBN AFFANE | |
| Mosque RHAILA | |
| Mosquée Abou Bakr Essedik | |
| Mosquée Chahid Temam Ahmed | |
| Mosquée El Atik | |
| Mosquée El HOUDA | |
| Mosquée El-takwa مسجد التقوى | |
| Mosquée Hamdat | |
| Mosquée Omar Ibn Abdelaziz |
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Places within 5 km radius — OpenStreetMap data
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What is the population of Ouargla?
Ouargla has a population of 169,928 residents and is located in Algeria. The population density is 116 people per square mile, spread across 1,470.3 square miles.
What is the weather like in Ouargla?
Ouargla has a warm climate with an average annual temperature of 73°F (23°C). Winter temperatures average 51°F in January, while summers reach an average of 95°F in July. The area receives 333 sunny days per year, well above the national average of 205. Annual rainfall totals 1.9 inches.