In Salah
Ain Salah, officially Aïn Salah (Arabic: إن صالح), is an oasis town in central Algeria and the capital of the In Salah Province and In Salah District. It was once an important trade link of the trans-Saharan caravan route. As of the 2008 census it has a population of 32,518, up from 28,022 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 1.5%, the lowest in the province. The village is located in the heart of the Sahara Desert region of northern Africa. The name In Salah comes from the term "good well".
Ain Salah
إن صالح In Salah; I-n-Salah; 'Ayn Ṣalih | |
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Commune and town | |
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 | |
| 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) | |
| • 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 |
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