Moghrar
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Moghrar
بلدية مغرار | |
|---|---|
| Commune of Moghrar | |
 Location of Moghrar within Naâma Province | |
  Moghrar Location of Moghrar within Algeria | |
| Coordinates: 32°31′N 0°35′W / 32.517°N 0.583°W | |
| Country |  Algeria |
| Province | Naâma |
| District | Moghrar (seat) |
| Government | |
| • PMA Seats | 11 |
| Elevation | 1,113 m (3,652 ft) |
| Population (1998) | |
• Total | 2,796 |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Postal code | 45230-45232 |
| ONS code | 4506 |
Moghrar (Arabic: مغرار) is a municipality in Naâma Province, Algeria. It is the district seat the Moghrar District and has a population of 2,796, which gives it 11 seats in the PMA. Its municipal code is 4506
Two distinct oases are to be considered: Moghrar Foukani or higher Moghrar, on the Algerian National Highway number 6, the chief town; and Moghrar Tahtani or lower Moghrar located 15 km northeast of the first locality.
It has several postal codes for its various boroughs:
- Moghrar: 45230
- Moghrar Fougani (Upper Moghrar): 45231
- Moghrar Tahtani (Lower Moghrar): 45232
Geography
Moghrar is located in the Ksour Range, western part of the Saharan Atlas on the western borders of Algeria, near the Moroccan border. Moghrar is limited to the north by Djebel Cheracher; to the east by Djebel Boulerhad and to the south-east by Djebel El Haïmeur, and by Djebel Touzamet the limit to the south.[1]
The Moghrar valley has a large drainage basin draining the entire region of Ain Sefra.
It has a dry Saharan climate (about 100 mm / year [1]) with a cold winter and winds that blow frequently from south-west to north-west. is in winter and spring. The vegetation surrounding the palm grove is a steppe.
Oases of Moghrar
The oases Moghrar Foukani and Moghrar Tahtani are characterized by regs, hamadas and wadis more or less dry. The two oases have more than sixty wells for the irrigation of the gardens of the palm grove. In addition, there is also the exploitation of the traditional system of foggaras sources (or foggara of Al Ain in Arabic) allowing a rational use of water. The foggaras are still functional and there are two of them.[2]
Oued Moghrar
Oued Moghrar flows south and joins Oued Rhoubia which extends south to form Oued Namous with another tributary Oued Smar with many smaller wadis that arrive from the southern foothills of the Ksour Range.
History
Man has been living in the area for a long time. There is a rock station at Moghrar Tahtani.
The ksar of this same city was the fief of an illustrious resistant to the French penetration in Algeria, Cheikh Bouamama.
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