Adrar Province
Adrar (Arabic: ولاية أدرار, Wilayat Adrar) is a province (wilaya) in southwestern Algeria, named after its capital Adrar. 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, El Bayadh and Ghardaïa; to the west by the Wilaya of Tindouf; to the east by the Wilaya of Tamanrasset; to the south by Mauritania and Mali.
Adrar is composed of three natural and cultural Regions: Touat (Adrar, Zaouiet Kounta), Gourara (Aougrout, Timimoune), and Tidikelt (Aoulef) and 299 ksour.
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