Talmine
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Talmine
ﻃﺎﻟﻤﻴﻦ | |
|---|---|
Town and commune | |
_location_map.svg) Location of Talmine commune within the former Adrar Province | |
  Talmine Location of Talmine within Algeria | |
| Coordinates: 29°19′53″N 0°29′51″W / 29.33139°N 0.49750°W | |
| Country | Algeria |
| Province | Timimoun |
| District | Charouine |
| Elevation | 364 m (1,194 ft) |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
• Total | 12,768 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Talmine (Arabic: ﻃﺎﻟﻤﻴﻦ) was a town and commune in Charouine District, Adrar Province, in south-central Algeria. In 2019, the redistribution moved the larger Charouine District into the newly-created Timimoun Province.[2] According to the 2008 census it has a population of 12,768,[1] up from 9,469 in 1998,[3] with an annual growth rate of 3.1%.[1]
Geography
Talmine commune lies at an elevation of about 364 metres (1,194 ft). It covers the westernmost oases in the Gourara region of the Timimoun Province (excepting the villages of Meslila and Bent Cherk that lies in Béchar Province. The oases mainly lie in the southernmost part of the Grand Erg Occidental, a large area of sand dunes stretching well into Béchar and El Bayadh provinces.
Climate
Talmine has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh), with extremely hot summers and mild winters, and very little precipitation throughout the year.
| Climate data for Talmine (Boukezzine) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.1 (66.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
26.6 (79.9) |
31.6 (88.9) |
35.7 (96.3) |
41.7 (107.1) |
45.1 (113.2) |
43.6 (110.5) |
39.1 (102.4) |
31.7 (89.1) |
24.4 (75.9) |
18.7 (65.7) |
31.6 (88.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.6 (52.9) |
14.3 (57.7) |
18.6 (65.5) |
23.4 (74.1) |
27.5 (81.5) |
33.1 (91.6) |
36.4 (97.5) |
35.2 (95.4) |
31.3 (88.3) |
24.4 (75.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
12.2 (54.0) |
23.8 (74.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.1 (39.4) |
6.6 (43.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
15.3 (59.5) |
19.3 (66.7) |
24.6 (76.3) |
27.8 (82.0) |
26.9 (80.4) |
23.6 (74.5) |
17.2 (63.0) |
10.7 (51.3) |
5.7 (42.3) |
16.0 (60.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2 (0.1) |
3 (0.1) |
5 (0.2) |
2 (0.1) |
1 (0.0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.0) |
1 (0.0) |
4 (0.2) |
4 (0.2) |
3 (0.1) |
26 (1) |
| Source: climate-data.org[4] | |||||||||||||
Transportation
The main road through the commune is a provincial road that starts at the village of Taghouzi, passes through Taguenout, Saguia and Boukezzine before connecting to the N6 national highway southeast of Ksabi. A number of local roads connect this main road to the villages of the commune.
Education
1.0% of the population has a tertiary education (the second lowest in the commune), and another 3.2% has completed secondary education.[5] The overall literacy rate is 36.4% (the second lowest in Adrar Province), and is 56.2% among males (second lowest in the province) and 15.0% among females (lowest in the province).[6]
Localities
As of 1984, the commune was composed of 11 localities:[7]
References
- ^ a b c "Population: Wilaya d'Adrar" (PDF) (in French). Office National des Statistiques Algérie. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ (in French)"CONVENTIONS ET ACCORDS INTERNATIONAUX - LOIS ET DECRETS ARRETES, DECISIONS, AVIS, COMMUNICATIONS ET ANNONCES" (PDF). Journal Officiel de la République Algérienne Democratique et Populaire.
- ^ "Algeria Communes". Statoids. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
- ^ "Climate data for: Boukezzine". climate-data.org. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ^ "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" (PDF) (in French). Office National des Statistiques Algérie. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ "Taux d'analphabétisme et taux d'alphabétisation de la population âgée de 15 ans et plus, selon le sexe et la commune de résidence " (PDF) (in French). Office National des Statistiques Algérie. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ "Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes. Wilaya d'Adrar" (PDF) (in French). Journal officiel de la République Algérienne. 19 December 1984. p. 1473. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-15. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
