Oum El Assel

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Oum El Assel

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Commune an toun
Location o Oum El Assel commune athin Tindouf Province
Location o Oum El Assel commune athin Tindouf Province
Oum El Assel is located in Algerie
Oum El Assel
Oum El Assel
Location o Oum El Assel athin Algerie
Coordinates: 28°36′45″N 6°58′44″W / 28.61250°N 6.97889°W / 28.61250; -6.97889Coordinates: 28°36′45″N 6°58′44″W / 28.61250°N 6.97889°W / 28.61250; -6.97889
Kintra Algerie
ProvinceTindouf
DestrictTindouf
Govrenment
 • PMA Seats7
Area
 • Total88865 km2 (34,311 sq mi)
Elevation
526 m (1,726 ft)
Population
 (2008)
 • Total3,183
 • Density0.036/km2 (0.093/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01 (CET)
Postal code
37010
ONS code3702

Oum El Assel (Arabic: أم العسل, lit. mither o the honey) is a municipality in the destrict an province o Tindouf, Algerie. It haes 1,794 indwallers as o the 1998 census an is the least populatit, lairgest, an least densely populatit ane o the twa municipalities which form the province (the ither ane bein Tindouf).

Economy[eedit | eedit soorce]

Ane o its veelages, Hassi Mounir, is ane o the kintra's projects tae introduce solar energy in Algerie, an haes 42 hooses connectit tae solar energy.[1] The naitural ressources o the municipality (travertine, saund, an cley, amang ithers) are still unexploitit due tae the existence o a lairge hamada (rock desert) in the region. Thare are projects for the creation o a glass factory, a freestane factory, an for a factory specialised in processin limestane products.[2]

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. "Presentation on the 20 solar villages in the South of Algeria". Archived frae the original on 31 October 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
  2. "TINDOUF". Ansej. Archived frae the original on 15 Januar 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2007.

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