El Oued

El Oued, Souf or Oued Souf is a city, and the capital of , in . The oasis town is watered by an underground river, hence its name is El Oued which enables date palm cultivation and the rare use of brick construction for housing.
  • City with about 135,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 80 metres (250 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code ELU
  • Description: city and capital of El Oued Province, Algeria
  • Also known as
    “El Oued, Algeria”
    “Oued Souf”
    “ⵍⵡⴰⴷ”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bayadha and Kouinine.
Town
is a town and commune, coextensive with District, in , Algeria.
is a town and commune in El Oued District, , .
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Latitude
33.3612° or 33° 21′ 40″ north
Longitude
6.8607° or 6° 51′ 38″ east
UN/LOCODE
DZ ELU
Open location code
8F589V66+F7
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“El Oued” goes by many names.
ኤል ዋድAmharic
اﻟﻮادىArabic
الواديArabic
الوادي, الجزائرArabic
وادي سوف (historical)Arabic
El OuedAsturian
El OuedAzerbaijani
El OuedBasque
Эль-УэдBelarusian
এল ওয়েডBengali
El OuedCatalan
Oued SoufCatalan
El OuedCebuano
瓦德Chinese
El-VédCzech
El OuedDanish
El OuedDutch
الوادىEgyptian Arabic
El UedEsperanto
El OuedFinnish
Oued Souf (historical)French
Ελ ΟυέντGreek
એલ ઓયડGujarati
El OuedHausa
אל וואדHebrew
אל-ואדHebrew
अल वादीHindi
El OuedIndonesian
El OuedItalian
エル・ウェッドJapanese
エル・ウェドJapanese
エル・ウエドJapanese
El OuedJavanese
LwadKabyle
ಎಲ್ ಔಡ್Kannada
Élʹ-Wéd qalasıKazakh
Әл-УедKazakh
Эль-Уэд қаласыKazakh
ەل-ۋەد قالاسىKazakh
Эль-УэдKirghiz
엘우에드Korean
엘웨드Korean
PotamopolisLatin
UedaLatvian
El UedasLithuanian
OuedLithuanian
UedasLithuanian
WadLithuanian
El OuedMalay
अल ओएडMarathi
El OuedMin Nan Chinese
El OuedNorthern Frisian
El OuedNorwegian
El OuedNorwegian Bokmål
El OuedOromo
ਅਲ ਵਾਡੀPanjabi
الوادیPersian
الوادی، الجزایرPersian
Al-WadPolish
Al-WadiPolish
El OuedPolish
الوادیPushto
El OuedRomanian
Эль-УэдRussian
El OuedScots
El OuedSerbian
Ел УедSerbian
Ел УједSerbian
El UjedSerbo-Croatian
El OuedShona
අල් කියුඩ්Sinhala
El OuedSlovenian
El OuedSomali
El OuedSwahili
El OuedSwedish
Oued soufSwedish
Эль-УэдTajik
எல் ஒவுத்Tamil
Эль-УэдTatar
ఎల్ ఒయెడ్Telugu
แอล ควอร์Thai
El OuedTurkish
El QuedTurkish
Ель-УедUkrainian
الوادیUrdu
El OuedUzbek
El OuedVietnamese
El OuedWaray (Philippines)
الوادیWestern Panjabi
وادیWestern Panjabi
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