Hassi Fehal () (also written Hassi Lefhal) is a town and
commune in
Mansoura District,
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 ...
,
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 by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...
. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 3,651,
up from 2,164 in 1998, and a growth rate of 5.5%, the highest in the province.
Transportation
Hassi Fehal lies on the
Trans-Sahara Highway just south of
Mansoura
Mansoura (; ', , rural: ) is a city in Egypt located on the eastern bank of the Damietta branch of the Nile river. The city is the capital of the Dakahlia Governorate and has a population of 621,953 as of 2021.
Etymology
''Mansoura'' in Arabic ...
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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 ...
to the north and
El Goléa to the south.
Education
4.0% of the population has a tertiary education, and another 15.3% has completed secondary education. The overall literacy rate is 68.0%, and is 72.4% among males and 63.2% among females, all three figures being the lowest for any commune in the province.
Localities
The commune of Hassi Fehal is composed of one locality:
* Centre de Hassi Lefhal
References
Neighbouring towns and cities
{{Ghardaïa Province
Communes of Ghardaïa Province
Ghardaïa Province