Adrar is a province (wilaya) in southwestern Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

, named after its capital Adrar

Adrar, Algeria

Adrar is a town and commune in Algeria, based around an oasis of the Sahara Desert and the administrative capital of the second largest province in Algeria: Adrar Province....

. It is the second-largest province, with an area of 427,368 km². It had 402,197 inhabitants at the 2008 population census.

It is bordered to the north by the Wilaya (province) of Bechar

Béchar

Béchar , formerly known as Colomb-Béchar, is a capital city of Béchar Province, Algeria. The area is controlled by Algeria, though claims have also been made on it by Morocco. In 1998 the city had a population of 134,954....

, El Bayadh

El Bayadh

El Bayadh is a municipality of Algeria. It is the capital of El Bayadh Province....

 and Ghardaïa

Ghardaïa

Ghardaïa is the capital city of Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. The commune of Ghardaïa has a population of 104,645, with 82,500 in the main city according to 2005 estimates. It is located in northern-central Algeria in the Sahara Desert and lies along the left bank of the Wadi Mzab...

; to the west by the Wilaya of Tindouf

Tindouf

Tindouf is the main town in Tindouf Province, Algeria, close to the Mauritanian and Moroccan borders. The region is considered of strategic significance, and it houses Algerian military bases. Since 1975, it also contains several Sahrawi refugee camps operated by the Polisario Front a guerrilla...

; to the east by the Wilaya of Tamanrasset; to the south by Mauritania

Mauritania

Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...

 and Mali

Mali

Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...

.

Adrar is composed of three natural and cultural Regions: Touat (Adrar, Zaouiet Kounta

Zaouiet Kounta

Zaouiet Kounta is a town in central Algeria....

), Gourara (Aougrout, Timimoune), and Tidikelt (Aoulef) and 299 ksour

Ksar

Ksar is the Arabic term for "castle", loaned from Latin castrum.The Berber equivalent is aghrem or ighrman ....

.

Administrative divisions

The province comprises 11 districts

Districts of Algeria

The provinces of Algeria are divided into 553 districts . The capital of a district is called a district seat...

 (daïra

Daïra

A daïra |circle]]; plural dawaïr) is an administrative division of a wilaya in Algeria and in Western Sahara. Another transliteration of the word is Daerah.*Daïra of Algeria*Daïra of Western Sahara-See also:* Provinces of Algeria...

s) and 28 communes

Communes of Algeria

This is a list of all communes in the North African country of Algeria. Currently, there are 1,541 communes in the country. The population data is from June 25, 1998.-See also:* List of cities in Algeria* List of postal codes of Algerian cities...

 or municipalities (baladiyah

Baladiyah

Baladiyah is a type of Arabic administrative division that can be translated as municipality or district. The plural is baladiyat . Grammatically, it is the feminine of بلدي "rural, country-, folk-"....

s)

Districts

1. Adrar
   Adrar District
   Adrar District is a district of Adrar Province, Algeria....
   
   
2. Aougrout
   Aougrout District
   Aougrout District is a district of Adrar Province, Algeria....
   
   
3. Aoulef
   Aoulef District
   Aoulef District is a district of Adrar Province, Algeria....
   
   
4. Bordj Badji Mokhtar
   Bordj Badji Mokhtar District
   Bordj Badji Mokhtar District is a district of Adrar Province, Algeria....
   
   
5. Charouine
   Charouine District
   Charouine District is a district of Adrar Province, Algeria....
   
   
6. Fenoughil
   Fenoughil District
   Fenoughil District is a district of Adrar Province, Algeria....
   
   
7. Reggane
   Reggane District
   Reggane District is a district of Adrar Province, Algeria....
   
   
8. T'Sabit
   T'Sabit District
   T'Sabit District is a district of Adrar Province, Algeria....
   
   
9. Timimoun
10. Tinerkouk
    Tinerkouk District
    Tinerkouk District is a district of Adrar Province, Algeria....
    
    
11. Zaouiet Kounta
    Zaouiet Kounta District
    Zaouiet Kounta District is a district of Adrar Province, Algeria....
    
    

Communes

No.	Commune	Arabic	Population
01	Adrar Adrar, Algeria Adrar is a town and commune in Algeria, based around an oasis of the Sahara Desert and the administrative capital of the second largest province in Algeria: Adrar Province....
02	Tamest Tamest Tamest is a town in central Algeria....
03	Charouine
04	Reggane Reggane Reggane from berber argan is a town in the Adrar Province of central Algeria, in the Sahara Desert. It is the southernmost town of the Tuat....
05	In Zghmir
06	Tit Tit, Algeria Tit is a village north-west of Tamanrasset, in the commune of Tamanrasset in central Algeria. It is known for the Battle of Tit which took place in may 1902 between the French colonial empire and the Kel Ahaggar....
07	Ksar Kaddour
08	Tsabit Tsabit Tsabit is a town in central Algeria....
09	Timimoun Timimoun Timimoun is a little oasis town in Adrar Province, Algeria; in the Gourara region.It is located to the northwest of the eponymous Sebkha, at the edge of the plateau of Tadmaït....  (Timmimoun)
10	Ouled Said
11	Zaouiet Kounta Zaouiet Kounta Zaouiet Kounta is a town in central Algeria....
12	Aoulef
13	Timokten (Timoktene, Timekten, Tamekten)
14	Tamentit (Tamantit)
15	Fenoughil
16	Tinerkouk
17	Deldoul
18	Sali Sali, Algeria Sali is a town in central Algeria....
19	Akabli
20	Metarfa
21	Ouled Ahmed Timmi Ouled Ahmed Timmi Ouled Ahmed Timmi is a town in central Algeria....  (Ouled Ahmed Temmi)
22	Bouda
23	Aougrout
24	Talmine
25	Bordj Badji Mokhtar
26	Sebaa (Sbaa)
27	Ouled Aissa Ouled Aissa Ouled Aissa may refer to:Places in Algeria*Ouled Aissa, Adrar*Ouled Aissa, Boumerdès*Ouled Aïssa *Oulad Aïssa, Northern Algeria *Oulad Aïssa, Southern Algeria *Beni Aïssi...
28	Timiaouine