Ain Salah
إن صالح In Salah; I-n-Salah; 'Ayn Ṣalih | |
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Commune and town | |
.jpg) City gate of Ain Salah. | |
 Location of In Salah commune within In Salah Province | |
  Ain Salah Location of In Salah within Algeria | |
| Coordinates: 27°11′42″N 2°29′0″E / 27.19500°N 2.48333°E | |
| Country |  Algeria |
| Province | In Salah Province |
| District | In Salah District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 32,518 km2 (12,555 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 293 m (961 ft) |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
| • Total | 32,518 |
| • Density | 1.0/km2 (2.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| PMA seats (as of 2007) | 11 |
| ONS code | 1108 |
| Postal code | 11220 |
Ain Salah, officially Aïn Salah (Algerian Arabic: عين صالح, romanized: ʿīn ṣalāḥ), is an oasis town in central Algeria and the capital of In Salah Province and In Salah District. It was once an important trade link in the trans-Saharan caravan route. As of the 2008 census, it had a population of 32,518,[1] up from 28,022 in 1998,[2] with an annual growth rate of 1.5%, the lowest in the province.[1] The village is located in the heart of the Sahara in North Africa. The name In Salah means "good well".[3]
- ^ a b c "Population: Wilaya de Tamanrasset" (PDF) (in French). Office National des Statistiques Algérie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ "Algeria Communes". Statoids. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
- ^ "I-n-Salah." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2008. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 13 Dec. 2008