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Arbaouet

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Arbaouet
Commune and town
Arbaouat Town Hall
Arbaouat Town Hall
Arbaouet is located in Algeria
Arbaouet
Arbaouet
Coordinates: 33°5′18″N 0°34′52″E / 33.08833°N 0.58111°E / 33.08833; 0.58111
Country Algeria
ProvinceEl Bayadh Province
DistrictEl Abiodh Sidi Cheikh District
Population
 (2008[1])
 • Total
4,321
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Arbaouet is a town and commune in El Bayadh Province, Algeria. It had a population of 4,321 in 2008.

Geography

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Arbaouet is located near the Saharan Atlas Mountains, at an elevation of about 1000 m (3280 ft), about 75 km (45 mi) southwest of El Bayadh.

Climate

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Arbaouet has a cold desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWk). The average temperature is around 17.2°C (63°F), and the annual rainfall is approximately 135 mm.[2]

History

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Mausoleum of Sidi Slimane Ben Bousmaha

Arbaouet has been inhabited since at least the 17th century, as shown by the Arbaouet ksar, one of the oldest in the region, which supposedly dates back over a thousand years.[3]

According to some sources, a man named Mamaar Sidi Belalia journeyed from Tunis to propagate Sunni doctrine, and called the region Arbaouet.[citation needed]




References

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  1. ^ "Figures of the 2008 census of the Algerian population, province of El Bayadh, on the site of geohive". Archived from the original on 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  2. ^ "Climat Arbaouat: Pluviométrie et Température moyenne Arbaouat, diagramme ombrothermique pour Arbaouat". fr.climate-data.org. Archived from the original on 2023-11-19. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  3. ^ Tayeb, Nouri (2014-11-01). Histoire d' el-bayadh (in French). Lulu. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-291-22367-5. Archived from the original on 2024-05-21. Retrieved 2020-11-12.