N'Goussa

N'Goussa
ﻧﻘﻮﺳﺔ
Commune and town
N'Goussa is located in Algeria
N'Goussa
N'Goussa
Coordinates: 32°8′27″N 5°18′30″E / 32.14083°N 5.30833°E / 32.14083; 5.30833
Country Algeria
ProvinceOuargla Province
DistrictN'Goussa District (coextensive)
Established[1]1984
Area
 • Total2,740 km2 (1,060 sq mi)
Elevation
127 m (417 ft)
Population
 (2008)[2]
 • Total16,581
 • Density6.1/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

N'Goussa (Arabic: ﻧﻘﻮﺳﺔ) is a town and commune, coextensive with the district of the same name, in Ouargla Province, Algeria. Some of its inhabitants speak the Ouargli language.[3] As of 2008, the population of the town was 19,039,[2] up from 13,344 in 1998,[4] with an annual population growth rate of 2.2%.[2] The town is on a local road, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Ouargla on the way to El Hadjira further north.

  1. ^ "Official website of the province of Ouarbla - N'Goussa" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Population: Ouargla Wilaya" (PDF) (in French). Office National des Statistiques Algérie. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Tagargrent, a language of Algeria". Ethnologue. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Algeria Communes". Statoids. Retrieved 8 March 2013.