Bordj Omar Driss
Bordj Omar Driss
برج عمار إدريس | |
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Town and Commune | |
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| Location of Bordj Omar Driss commune within Illizi Province Location of Bordj Omar Driss commune within Illizi Province | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria |
| Province | Illizi |
| District | In Amenas |
| Government | |
| • PMA Seats | 7 |
| Area | |
• Total | 82,280 km2 (31,770 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
• Total | 5,736 |
| • Density | 0.06971/km2 (0.1806/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Postal code | 33210 |
| ONS code | 3304 |
Bordj Omar Driss is a town and commune in In Amenas District, Illizi Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 5,736,[1] up from 3,547 in 1998,[2] and an annual population growth rate of 5.0%.[1] Its postal code is 33210 and its municipal code is 3304.
Geography
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Bordj Omar Driss lies at an elevation of 354 metres (1,161 ft) at the south-western end of the Hamada de Tinrhert Desert, a vast rocky region of the Sahara Desert that extends eastwards into Libya. To the south of the town is an area of sand dunes, beyond which lies the mountain range Djebel Essaoui Mellene, an extension of the Tassili n'Ajjer range.
Climate
[edit | edit source]Bordj Omar Driss has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh), with long and extremely hot summers with averages high temperatures well above 40 °C (104 °F) during June, July and August and brief and very warm winters with averages low temperatures below 4 °C (39.2 °F) in January, the coldest month of the year as well as very little precipitation throughout the entire year as the town averages only about 25 mm of rainfall.
| Climate data for Bordj Omar Driss | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.5 (67.1) |
22.9 (73.2) |
26.8 (80.2) |
32.2 (90.0) |
36.2 (97.2) |
41.3 (106.3) |
43.4 (110.1) |
42.3 (108.1) |
39.0 (102.2) |
33.4 (92.1) |
26.8 (80.2) |
21.2 (70.2) |
32.1 (89.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.5 (52.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
18.4 (65.1) |
23.6 (74.5) |
28.1 (82.6) |
33.2 (91.8) |
34.5 (94.1) |
33.7 (92.7) |
30.9 (87.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
13.2 (55.8) |
23.8 (74.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.5 (38.3) |
6.3 (43.3) |
10.1 (50.2) |
15.1 (59.2) |
20.1 (68.2) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
17.3 (63.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
5.2 (41.4) |
15.6 (60.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5 (0.2) |
1 (0.0) |
2 (0.1) |
4 (0.2) |
1 (0.0) |
1 (0.0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.0) |
1 (0.0) |
4 (0.2) |
5 (0.2) |
25 (0.9) |
| Source: climate-data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
Transportation
[edit | edit source]A road connects Bordj Omar Driss to the N3 national highway (to Hassi Messaoud to the north and In Amenas to the east) at the village of Hassi Bel Guebour. The town in served by Bordj Omar Driss Airport.[4]
Education
[edit | edit source]4.5% of the population has a tertiary education, and another 11.1% has completed secondary education.[5] The overall literacy rate is 73.0%, and is 81.9% among males and 62.7% among females.[6]
Localities
[edit | edit source]The commune is composed of eight localities:[7]
- Centre de Bordj Omar Driss
- Zaouia Sidi Moussa
- Hassi Bel Guebour
- Tit
- Tinfouye
- Dayen
- Hassi Tamenkort
- Rhoud Ennous
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