Aflou

Aflou

Aflou

Commune and town in Laghouat Province, Algeria

Aflou (Berber language: Aflu, Arabic: أفلو) is a town and commune in Laghouat Province, Algeria. It is located in the Amour Range of the Saharan Atlas, at an elevation of 1,426 m (4,678 ft), which makes it one of the highest towns in Algeria.[3] Aflou is the capital of Aflou District. Its population in 1998 was 48,000.[4]

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Localities of the commune

The commune of Aflou is composed of 6 localities:[5]

  • Ville d'Aflou
  • el amour
  • El Frachiche
  • Béni Moukha
  • Rahmania
  • Ouled Sidi Bouabdallah
  • Ouled Sidi Khaled

References

  1. [1]
    "Décret executif n° 91-306 du 24 août 1991 fixant la liste des communes animées par chaque chef de daïra. 03 - Wilaya de Laghouat" [List of municipalities animated by each District chief: 03 - Laghouat Province] (PDF) (in French). Journal officiel de la République Algérienne. 4 September 1991. p. 1294. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  2. [2]
    "Wilaya de Laghouat: répartition de la population résidente des ménages ordinaires et collectifs, selon la commune de résidence et la dispersion" (PDF) (in French).. Data from the 2008 General Population and Housing Census on the site of the NOS Algeria.
  3. [3]
    "Le Djebel Amour". Archived from the original on 2012-11-23. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
  4. [4]
    populstat.info Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  5. [5]
    "Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes. Wilaya de Laghouat" (PDF). Journal officiel de la République Algérienne (67): 1476. 19 December 1984. Retrieved 3 October 2019.


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