Timimoun Province

Timimoun Province
Timimoun Province ; ولاية تيميمون
	Province
	Map of Algeria highlighting Timimoun
	Coordinates: 29°15′30″N 00°13′50″E
Country	Algeria
Capital	Timimoun
Government
• Wāli	Mabrouk Aoun
Area
• Total	65,203 square kilometers km2 (Formatting error: invalid input when rounding sq mi)
Elevation	276 m (906 ft)
Population (2008)[1]
• Total	122,019 (2,008)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
Area Code	+213 (0) 49
ISO 3166 code	DZ-01
Districts	4
Municipalities	10

The wilaya of Timimoun is an Algerian province created in 2019, previously, a delegated wilaya created in 2015. It is in the Algerian Sahara.

Geography

The wilaya of Timimoun is in the Algerian Sahara; its area is 131,220 km² .

It is delimited by:

to the north by the El Bayadh Province;
to the east by the El Menia Province and In Salah Province;
to the west by the Bechar Province and Béni Abbès Province;
and to the south by the Adrar Province.

History

The wilaya of Timimoun was created on November 26, 2019 .

Previously, it was a delegated wilaya, created according to the law n° 15–140 of 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 Adrar Province.

Organization of the wilaya

During the administrative breakdown of 2015, the delegated wilaya of Timimoun is made up of 3 communes and 2 Districts

References

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.

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[Alg2008RGPH-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.