Charouine () is a town and commune, and capital of

Charouine District Charouine District is a district of Timimoun Province, Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast b ...

, in

Timimoun Province 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 Desert, Algerian Sahara; its area is 131,22 ...

, south-central

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. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 11,347, up from 8,678 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 1.8%.

Geography

Charouine lies at an elevation of near an

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region of the

. Groves of trees are found around the main town; to the north-west the terrain is dominated by rocky areas and sand dunes, while to the south-east near the village of Taguelzi the terrain falls away dramatically, featuring cliffs up to high.

Climate

Charouine has a hot

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(

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''BWh''), with extremely hot summers and mild winters, and very little

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throughout the year.

Transportation

Charouine lies on the N51 national highway that connects the N6 national highway in the southwest to the N1 national highway further east (in southern

Ghardaïa Province Ghardaïa () is an Algerian province located in the north of the Algerian desert. Its administrative center is the city of Ghardaia, located south of the capital Algiers. Its total area is estimated at , from north to south, and from east to ...

). The N6 national highway then leads north to

Béchar Béchar () is the capital city of Béchar Province, Algeria. It is also a commune, coextensive with Béchar District, of Béchar Province. In 2008 the city had a population of 165,627, up from 134,954 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 2.1% ...

and south to Adrar, while the N1 leads north to

Ghardaïa Ghardaïa (, ) is the capital city of Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. The commune of Ghardaïa has a population of 93,423 according to the 2008 census, up from 87,599 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 0.7%. It is located in northern-central A ...

and south to

Tamanrasset Tamanrasset (; ), also known as Tamanghasset or Tamenghest, is an oasis city and capital of Tamanrasset Province in southern Algeria, in the Ahaggar Mountains. It is the chief city of the Algerian Tuareg. It is located at an altitude of . As of ...

. The town of

Timimoun Timimoun () is a town and Communes of Algeria, commune, and capital of Timimoun District, in Timimoun Province, south-central Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 33,060, up from 28,595 in 1998, with an annual growth rate o ...

is located about to the east, also on the N51, while the

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capital Adrar is about to the south by road.

Education

2.8% of the population has a tertiary education, and another 8.4% has completed secondary education. The overall literacy rate is 54.2%, and is 71.8% among males and 35.0% among females.

Localities

As of 1984, the commune was composed of ten localities: *Charouine * Taourirt * Adjir Rharbi * Adjir Chergui * Taguelzi * Tinekham *Bakou * Beni Islem *Asfaou * Tabou

References

Neighbouring towns and cities

Communes of Timimoun Province