Ouled Khoudir

Ouled Khoudir (Arabic: أوﻻد ﺧﺪﻳﺮ‎) is a town and commune in Ouled Khoudir District, Béchar Province, in western Algeria. According to the 2008 census its population is 4,251, up from 3,893 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 0.9%. The commune covers an area of 1,920 square kilometres (740 sq mi).

Geography

Ouled Khoudir lies at 380 metres (1,250 ft) in the Saoura valley the on banks of Oued Saoura, a wadi that separates the Grand Erg Occidental, a large area of sand dunes in the Sahara desert to the east, from the rocky hills of the Ougarta Range to the west.

Climate

Ouled Khoudir has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh), with extremely hot summers and cool winters, and very little precipitation throughout the year.

Economy

Agriculture is the main industry in Ouled Khoudir. The commune has a total of 1,635 hectares (4,040 acres) of arable land, of which 394 hectares (970 acres) is irrigated. There are a total of 130,700 date palms planted in the commune. As of 2009 there were 1,935 sheep, 843 goats, 198 camels, and 12 cattle. There were also 1800 chickens in 1 building.

Ouled

Ouled is a town and commune in Médéa Province, Algeria.

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Coordinates: 36°06′06″N 2°42′43″E / 36.10167°N 2.71194°E / 36.10167; 2.71194