In Salah Province
{{short description|Province of Algeria}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ain Salah Province
| native_name = ولاية عين صالح
| native_name_lang = ar
| other_name =
| type = Province
| image_skyline = Ain El Hadjadj عين الحجاج 02.jpg
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| image_map = DZ-53 (2019).svg
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Map of Algeria highlighting in Salah
| map_alt1 =
| map_caption1 = Map of districts of in Salah
| coordinates = {{coord|27|11|50|N|2|29|00|E|region:DZ-57_type:adm1st|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Algeria
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| seat_type = Capital
| seat = Ain Salah
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| leader_title1 = Wāli
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 131,220
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 276
| population_total = 50,392
| population_as_of = 2008
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| timezone1 = CET
| utc_offset1 = +01
| iso_code = DZ-01
| area_code_type = Area Code
| area_code = +213 (0) 49
| blank_name_sec1 = Districts
| blank_info_sec1 = 2
| blank1_name_sec1 = Municipalities
| blank1_info_sec1 = 3
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The wilaya of Ain Salah ({{langx|ar|ولاية عين صالح}}) is an Algerian wilaya created in 2019, previously, a delegated wilaya created in 2015. It is in the Algerian Sahara.
Geography
The wilaya of Ain Salah is in the Algerian Sahara, its area 131,220 km².Badreddine Yousfi, "Saharan territories in Algeria. Governance, actors and territorial recomposition ", L’Année du Maghreb [Online], 16 | 2017, Online since July 5, 2017, connection on March 21, 2020. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/anneemaghreb/2951; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/anneemaghreb.2951
It is delimited by:
- to the north by the El Menia Province and Ouargla Province;
- to the east by the Illizi Province;
- to the northwest by Timimoun Province;
- to the west by the wilaya of Adrar;
- and to the south by Tamanrasset Province.
History
The wilaya of Ain Salah was created on November 26, 2019. Previously, it was a delegated wilaya, created on May 27, 2015, creating administrative districts in certain wilayas and fixing the specific rules related to them, as well as the list of municipalities that are attached to it. Before 2019, it was attached to the Tamanrasset Province.
Organization of the wilaya
= List of walis =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!District !Commune !Arabic |
| Ain Ghar District
|عين غار |
| rowspan="2" |Ain Salah District
|فقارة الزوى |
| Ain Salah
|عين صالح |
Demography
According to the general census of population and housing of 2008, all the municipalities of the wilaya of In Salah had a total {{formatnum: 50392}} inhabitants [http://www.ons.dz/collections/w11_p1.pdf 2008 Census of the Algerian population, wilaya of Ghardaïa, on the site of the ONS.]
References
{{Portal|Algeria}}
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{{Geographic location
| Centre = Ain Salah Province
| N = El Menia Province, Ouargla Province
| E = Illizi Province
| SE =
| S = Tamanrasset Province
| SW =
| W = Adrar Province
| NW = Timimoun Province
}}
{{In Salah Province}}
{{Provinces of Algeria}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:States and territories established in 2019
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