Taghit

Taghit
ﺗﺎﻏﻴﺖ
Commune and town
Location of Taghit commune within Béchar Province
Location of Taghit commune within Béchar Province
Taghit is located in Algeria
Taghit
Taghit
Location of Taghit within Algeria
Coordinates: 30°55′N 2°2′W / 30.917°N 2.033°W / 30.917; -2.033
Country Algeria
ProvinceBéchar Province
DistrictTaghit District (coextensive)
Area
[1]
 • Total8,080 km2 (3,120 sq mi)
Elevation
623 m (2,044 ft)
Population
 (2008)[2]
 • Total6,317
 • Density0.78/km2 (2.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
Post office of Taghit
Post office of Taghit

Taghit (Arabic: ﺗﺎﻏﻴﺖ) is a town and commune in Taghit District, Béchar Province, in western Algeria. The town is an oasis watered by the underground Oued Zousfana, which runs along beside the dunes of the Grand Erg Occidental.[3] According to the 2008 census its population is 6,317,[2] up from 6,047 in 1998,[4] with an annual growth rate of 0.4%.[2] The commune covers an area of 8,080 square kilometres (3,120 sq mi).[1]

  1. ^ a b "Population, Area and Density per Commune" (in French). Official Website of the Wilaya of Bechar. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Population: Béchar Wilaya" (PDF) (in French). Office National des Statistiques Algérie. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  3. ^ N. Huguenin-Gonon (1973). Algeria. Nagel Publishers. ISBN 978-2-8263-0604-7.
  4. ^ "Algeria Communes". Statoids. Retrieved 9 March 2013.