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Ouargla (province) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 30 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 30.5000 decimal degrees |
Long: 006 10 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 6.1660 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in southeast Algeria on Nigerian, Tunisian, and Libyan borders; contains many natural gas fields; most of the department's inhabitants live in Wargla town and Touggourt; mainly trades woolen carpets and basketry. |
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Ouargla (preferred,C,V,English)
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Ouargla, Wilaya de (C,V)
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Wilaya de Ouargla (C,V,O)
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Wargla (C,V)
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Wargla department (C,O)
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AG50 (C,U,FIPS)
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ولاية ورقلة (C,U,Arabic-P)
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ورقلة (C,U,Arabic)
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ورڤلة (C,U,Arabic)
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Ouargla Province (C,U,English)
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province (preferred, C) |
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established 1974 |
first level subdivision (C) |
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department (C) |
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