Metarfa

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FieldValue
official_nameMetarfa
native_nameالمطارفة
settlement_typeTown and commune
image_mapDz - Metarfa (wilaya d'Adrar) location map.svg
mapsize200px
map_captionLocation of Metarfa commune within the former Adrar Province
pushpin_mapAlgeria
pushpin_map_captionLocation of Metarfa in Algeria
pushpin_label_positionbottom
pushpin_mapsize300
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_nameAlgeria
subdivision_name1Timimoun
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Aougrout
population_as_of2008
population_total8438
population_footnotes
timezoneCET
utc_offset+1
coordinates
elevation_m258
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Metarfa () is a town and commune in Aougrout District, Timimoun Province, in south-central Algeria. Before the 2019 redistribution the larger Aougrout District was located in the Adrar Province. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 8,438, up from 7,061 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 1.8%.

Geography

The villages in Metarfa commune are built near various scattered oases in the southern part of the Gourara region of the Timimoun Province, about halfway between Timimoun and Adrar. The surrounding areas generally consist of rocky plains interspersed with low sand dunes.

Climate

Metarfa has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh), with extremely hot summers and mild winters, and very little precipitation throughout the year.

| location = Metarfa | metric first = yes | single line = yes | width = auto | Jan high C = 20.0 | Feb high C = 22.7 | Mar high C = 27.4 | Apr high C = 32.6 | May high C = 36.5 | Jun high C = 42.8 | Jul high C = 45.8 | Aug high C = 44.3 | Sep high C = 40.2 | Oct high C = 33.0 | Nov high C = 25.2 | Dec high C = 18.1 | Jan mean C = 12.2 | Feb mean C = 14.8 | Mar mean C = 19.1 | Apr mean C = 24.2 | May mean C = 28.1 | Jun mean C = 34.1 | Jul mean C = 37.0 | Aug mean C = 35.8 | Sep mean C = 32.2 | Oct mean C = 25.4 | Nov mean C = 18.1 | Dec mean C = 12.0 | Jan low C = 4.4 | Feb low C = 7.0 | Mar low C = 10.9 | Apr low C = 15.9 | May low C = 19.8 | Jun low C = 25.4 | Jul low C = 28.2 | Aug low C = 27.3 | Sep low C = 24.2 | Oct low C = 17.8 | Nov low C = 11.1 | Dec low C = 6.0 | Jan precipitation mm = 1 | Feb precipitation mm = 2 | Mar precipitation mm = 3 | Apr precipitation mm = 1 | May precipitation mm = 1 | Jun precipitation mm = 0 | Jul precipitation mm = 0 | Aug precipitation mm = 1 | Sep precipitation mm = 1 | Oct precipitation mm = 2 | Nov precipitation mm = 2 | Dec precipitation mm = 2 | source 1 = climate-data.org | date=July 2013}}

Transportation

Roads lead out of Metarfa town to the southwest and northeast. The road to the southeast connects to the N6 highway, while the road to the northeast branches; the branch to the northwest leads to the villages of Ouled Rached and Ouled Ali while the branch to the southeast leads to Ouled Mahmoud and Oufrane, and eventually to Aougrout.

Education

2.8% of the population has a tertiary education, and another 10.5% has completed secondary education. The overall literacy rate is 73.8%, and is 85.8% among males and 61.2% among females.

Localities

As of 1984, the commune was composed of 11 localities:

References

Neighbouring towns and cities |Centre = Metarfa |North = El Bayadh Charouine Saala |Northeast = Ghardaïa Deldoul Ouled Ali |East = Aougrout Ouled Mahmoud |Southeast = Kabertene Timokten Tamanrasset |South = Sebaa Adrar |Southwest = Ariane er Râs Tsabit |West = Tindouf Bou Bernous (Tindouf) |Northwest = Béchar Ksabi (Béchar)

References

  1. "CONVENTIONS ET ACCORDS INTERNATIONAUX - LOIS ET DECRETS ARRETES, DECISIONS, AVIS, COMMUNICATIONS ET ANNONCES". Journal Officiel de la République Algérienne Democratique et Populaire.
  2. "Population: Wilaya d'Adrar". Office National des Statistiques Algérie.
  3. "Algeria Communes". Statoids.
  4. "Climate data for: Metarfa". climate-data.org.
  5. "Structure relative de la population résidente des ménages ordinaires et collectifs âgée de 6 ans et plus selon le niveau d'instruction et la commune de résidence.". Office National des Statistiques Algérie.
  6. "Taux d'analphabétisme et taux d'alphabétisation de la population âgée de 15 ans et plus, selon le sexe et la commune de résidence .". Office National des Statistiques Algérie.
  7. (19 December 1984). "Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes. Wilaya d'Adrar". Journal officiel de la République Algérienne.

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