Aflou

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|native_name =Aflu / ⴰⴼⵍⵓ / أفلو

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|settlement_type = Commune and town

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| photo2a = Aflou - mosquée Imam Muslim افلو - مسجد الامام مسلم.jpg

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|image_caption = Clockwise from top:
Marketplace, Aflou University, Imam Muslim Mosque

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|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 =Laghouat Province

|subdivision_type2 = District

|subdivision_name2 =Aflou{{cite web|url=http://www.joradp.dz/JO8499/1991/041/FP1294.pdf|title=Décret executif n° 91-306 du 24 août 1991 fixant la liste des communes animées par chaque chef de daïra. 03 - Wilaya de Laghouat|last=|first=|date=4 September 1991|website=|publisher=Journal officiel de la République Algérienne|pages=1294|language=French|trans-title=List of municipalities animated by each District chief: 03 - Laghouat Province|url-status=live|accessdate=2019-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025202622/https://www.joradp.dz/JO8499/1991/041/FP1294.pdf |archive-date=2019-10-25 }}

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|population_as_of = 2008{{cite web|title=Wilaya de Laghouat: répartition de la population résidente des ménages ordinaires et collectifs, selon la commune de résidence et la dispersion|language=FR|url=http://www.ons.dz/collections/w03_p2.pdf|publication-date=}}. Data from the 2008 General Population and Housing Census on the site of the NOS Algeria.

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Aflou (Berber language: Aflu, {{langx|ar|أفلو}}) is a town and commune in Laghouat Province, Algeria. It is located in the Amour Range of the Saharan Atlas, at an elevation of {{convert|1426|m|abbr=on}}, which makes it one of the highest towns in Algeria.{{Cite web |url=http://alger-roi.fr/Alger/documents_algeriens/monographies/pages/14_djebel_amour.htm |title=Le Djebel Amour |access-date=2013-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123061349/http://alger-roi.fr/Alger/documents_algeriens/monographies/pages/14_djebel_amour.htm |archive-date=2012-11-23 |url-status=dead }} Aflou is the capital of Aflou District. Its population in 1998 was 48,000.[http://www.populstat.info/Africa/algeriat.htm populstat.info] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175036/http://www.populstat.info/Africa/algeriat.htm |date=2016-03-03 }}

Localities of the commune

The commune of Aflou is composed of 6 localities:{{cite journal|date=19 December 1984|title=Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes. Wilaya de Laghouat|url=http://www.joradp.dz/JO8499/1984/067/FP1476.pdf|journal=Journal officiel de la République Algérienne|issue=67|pages=1476|access-date=3 October 2019|name-list-style=vanc}}

{{Columns-list|* Ville d'Aflou

  • el amour
  • El Frachiche
  • Béni Moukha
  • Rahmania
  • Ouled Sidi Bouabdallah
  • Ouled Sidi Khaled

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References

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