Talmine () was a town and commune in

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 ...

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, in south-central

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. In 2019, the redistribution moved the larger Charouine District into the newly-created

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. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 12,768, up from 9,469 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 3.1%.

Geography

Talmine commune lies at an elevation of about . It covers the westernmost oases in the

Gourara Tuat, or Touat (), is a natural region of desert in central Algeria that contains a string of small oasis, oases. In the past, the oases were important for Camel caravan, caravans crossing the Sahara. Geography Tuat lies to the south of the Gr ...

region of the

(excepting the villages of Meslila and

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that lies in

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. The oases mainly lie in the southernmost part of the

Grand Erg Occidental The Grand Erg Occidental (, al-ʿIrq al-Gharbī al-Kabīr), (also known as the Western Sand Sea) is the second largest erg in northern Algeria after the Grand Erg Oriental. It covers an area of approximately . The sand dunes in the erg are formed ...

, a large area of

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stretching well into

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and

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provinces.

Climate

Talmine has a hot

desert climate The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification ''BWh'' and ''BWk'') is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation. The typically bald, rocky, or sandy surfaces in desert ...

(

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

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throughout the year.

Transportation

The main road through the commune is a provincial road that starts at the village of Taghouzi, passes through Taguenout, Saguia and Boukezzine before connecting to the N6 national highway southeast of

Ksabi Ksabi () is a town and commune in Ouled Khodeïr District, Béchar Province, in western Algeria. According to the 2008 census its population is 3,187, up from 2,656 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 1.9%. The commune covers an area of . Ge ...

. A number of local roads connect this main road to the villages of the commune.

Education

1.0% of the population has a tertiary education (the second lowest in the commune), and another 3.2% has completed secondary education. The overall literacy rate is 36.4% (the second lowest in

), and is 56.2% among males (second lowest in the province) and 15.0% among females (lowest in the province).

Localities

As of 1984, the commune was composed of 11 localities: *Boukezine *Talmine * Saguia * Guettouf *Takialt * Taghouzi *

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*Taarabien *Tamesguelout *Timarine * Yahia Oudriss * Bahammou *Zaïtar *Rached * Taguenout * Guellou

References

Neighbouring towns and cities

Communes of Timimoun Province Cities in Algeria