Tamest ( ar, تامست) is a
commune in
Fenoughil District
Fenoughil District is a district of Adrar Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 29,540.
Communes
The district is further divided into 3 communes:
* Fenoughil
*Tamentit
Tamentit () (sometimes spelled Tamantit) is ...
,
Adrar Province, south-central
Algeria
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. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 8,266,
up from 6,658 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 2.2%.
Geography
The villages in Tamest commune are all found next to
oases
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at an elevation of about . These oases form part of a long longer string of oases known as the
Tuat
Tuat, or Touat, is a natural region of desert in central Algeria that contains a string of small oases. In the past, the oases were important for caravans crossing the Sahara.
Geography
Tuat lies to the south of the Grand Erg Occidental, to t ...
region, running from north to south through
Adrar Province. Beyond the oases, the sandy
Erg Chech
The Erg Chech ( ar, عرق شاش), is a large erg in southwestern Algeria and northern Mali.
Geography
It is an almost uninhabited part of the greater Sahara Desert, an inhospitable desert region with long, extremely hot summers and short, very w ...
desert lies to the west and the rocky
Tademaït plateau lies to the east.
Climate
Tamest has a hot
desert climate
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Köppen climate classification
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''BWh''), with extremely hot summers and mild winters, and very little
precipitation
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throughout the year.
Transportation
The main road in Tamest commune is the N6 national highway, which runs through the commune from north to south, and connects to
Adrar Adrar (in Tifinagh script "ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ"), a Berber word meaning "mountain", is the name of several areas in Northwest Africa:
Algeria
* Adrar, Algeria, a town in Algeria
* Adrar Province, an administrative division of Algeria
* Adrar District, ...
in the north and
Reggane in the south. Some local villages lie on the side of the highway while others are connected by short local roads.
Education
5.5% of the population has a tertiary education, and another 12.8% has completed secondary education. The overall literacy rate is 75.3%, and is 85.6% among males and 65.1% among females.
Localities
As of 1984, the commune was composed of 11 localities:
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El Ahmar
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Titaf
*
Rharmianou
*
Arhil
*Temassekht
*
Ikkas
*Ramalt
*
Ouled Antar
Ouled Antar is a town and commune in Médéa Province, Algeria
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*Djedid
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Ouled Bou Yahia
*Essoufia
References
Neighbouring towns and cities
{{Adrar Province
Communes of Adrar Province