Taghit (Algeria)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Taghit (Algeria)
Coordinates
-2.033333333 -2.033333333 30.91666667 30.91666667 (gooearth )
Associated country
Algeria
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 125625538
Wikidata: Q3052604
Library of congress: n 91081905
Sources of Information
  • BGN gaz., Algeria, 1972(Taghit, ppl. 30°55ʹN, 2°02ʹW; in Saoura; also a commune by the same name)
  • Espaces maghrébins, c1989:t.p. (Taghit)
  • BGN gaz., Algeria, 1972(Taghit, ppl. 30p0s55ʹN, 2p0s02ʹW; in Saoura; also a commune by the same name)

Wikipedia description:

Taghit (Arabic: ﺗﺎﻏﻴﺖ) is a town and commune in Taghit District, Béchar Province, in western Algeria. The town is an oasis watered by the underground Oued Zousfana, which runs along beside the dunes of the Grand Erg Occidental. According to the 2008 census its population is 6,317, up from 6,047 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 0.4%. The commune covers an area of 8,080 square kilometres (3,120 sq mi).

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