Timiaouine

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Field	Value
official_name	Timiaouine
native_name	ﺗﻴﻤﻴﺎوﻳﻦ
settlement_type	Town and commune
image_skyline	Hotel de ville de Timiaouine.jpg
image_map	Dz - Bordj Badji Mokhtar (wilaya d'Adrar) location map.svg
mapsize	200px
map_caption	Location of Timiaouine commune within the former Adrar Province
pushpin_map	Algeria
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Timiaouine within Algeria
pushpin_label_position	bottom
pushpin_mapsize	300
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name	Algeria
subdivision_name1	Bordj Badji Mokhtar
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Bordj Badji Mokhtar
area_total_km2	12553
population_as_of	2008
population_total	4493
population_density_km2	auto
population_footnotes
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
coordinates
elevation_m	582
image_caption	Timiaouine town hall
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Timiaouine (also called Timiaouine, Timéiaouine, Timéiawine) (, Amazigh: ⵜⵉⵎⵢⴰⵡⵉⵏ) is a town and commune in Bordj Badji Mokhtar District, Bordj Baji Mokhtar Province, in southwest Algeria near the border with Mali. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 4,493, up from 4,206 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 0.7%, the lowest rate in the province.

History

In 1904, France sent two columns to exploit the last major gap in the central Sahara, the Adrar des Ifoghas. One departs from Tamanrasset, to the north, under the command of General Laperrine, the other from Timbuktu, to the south, under the command of Lieutenant Théveniaud. They were found on the 1st of 1904 in the Timiau well.

Toponimia

In Amazigh, Timiaouine means "the gaps".

Geography

Timiaouine is 582 meters north of Adrar des Ifoghas, a large massif in the Sahara Desert that extends further south to Kidal in Mali. The area immediately stands out for the large granitic rocks that are found to the west of the town, and further north.

Location

The territory of the municipality of Timiauine is located in the southeast of the province of Adrar, in the extreme south of Algeria.

Distances from other major cities:

130 km southeast of Bordj Badji Mokhtar
465 km southwest of Tamanrasset
850 km south-east of Adrar
1 820 km south of Algiers

Localities

As of 1984, the commune was composed of one locality:

Timiaouine

Transportation

The only major road out of Timiaouine is the N6 national highway, which connects the city to Bordj Badji Mokhtar to the northwest and then Adrar to the north.

Education

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0.4% of the population has a tertiary education (the lowest rate for any commune in Bordj Baji Mokhtar Province), and another 2.3% has completed secondary education. The overall literacy rate is 63.5%, and is 70.9% among males and 56.0% among females.

Health

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In one of the hospitals in the province of Adrar, specialized consultations and hospitalizations are carried out for the inhabitants of the municipality.

They have the following hospitals:

Ibn Sina Hospital in Adrar.
Mohamed Hachemi Hospital in Timimoun .
Reggane Hospital.
Noureddine Sahraoui Hospital in Aoulef.
Bordj Badji Mokhtar Hospital.
Zaouiet Kounta Hospital.
Tililane Hospital Center.
240-bed general hospital.
120-bed Geriatric Hospital.
120-bed psychiatric hospital.
120-bed cancer center.

Climate

Timiaouine has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh), with extremely hot summers and mild winters, and very little precipitation throughout the year.{{Weather box | location = Timiaouine | metric first = yes | single line = yes | width = auto | Jan high C = 27.6 | Feb high C = 30.4 | Mar high C = 35.2 | Apr high C = 38.7 | May high C = 42.2 | Jun high C = 42.8 | Jul high C = 42.7 | Aug high C = 41.2 | Sep high C = 41.0 | Oct high C = 38.3 | Nov high C = 33.2 | Dec high C = 29.0 | Jan low C = 14.4 | Feb low C = 16.2 | Mar low C = 20.4 | Apr low C = 24.6 | May low C = 27.8 | Jun low C = 29.8 | Jul low C = 29.2 | Aug low C = 28.1 | Sep low C = 28.1 | Oct low C = 25.5 | Nov low C = 19.5 | Dec low C = 15.6 | source 1 = Storm247 | date = August 2013

References

References

"Population: Wilaya d'Adrar". Office National des Statistiques Algérie.
"Population: Wilaya d'Adrar". Office National des Statistiques Algérie.
"Algeria Communes". Statoids.
(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.
"SGG Algérie".
"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.
"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.
"ADRAR Hôpital Ibn-Sina : une référence".
(2015-06-26). "Wayback Machine".
(2013-10-28). "ADRAR: A l'ère de la modernisation".
"Weather forecast for Timiaouine, Algerie: Climate". Storm247.

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