Abalessa
Abalessa is a town and commune in Tamanrasset Province, in southern Algeria, coextensive with the district of the same name. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 9,163 up from 6,484 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 3.6%.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Yelles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 9,160 residents
- Description: municipality of Algeria
- Also known as: “Abelessa” and “Abêlessa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tomb of Tin Hinan.
Tomb of Tin Hinan
Monument
Photo: Yelles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tin Hinan Tomb is a monumental tomb located at Abalessa in the Sahara, in the Hoggar Mountains of southern Algeria. The sepulchre was built for Tin Hinan, the Tuareg ancient Queen of the Hoggar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Iglen and Tefert El Fougania.
Iglen
Village
Iglène is a village in the commune of Abalessa, in Tamanrasset Province, Algeria. It lies on the north bank of Oued Abalessa, and is connected to the N55A national highway by a local road to the west, near the town of Abalessa. Iglen is situated 5 km east of Abalessa.
Tefert El Fougania
Village
Tefert El Fougania is a village in the commune of Abalessa, in Tamanrasset Province, Algeria. It lies on the southern bank of Oued Teffert 11 kilometres southeast of Abalessa town and 62 kilometres west of Tamanrasset. Tefert El Fougania is situated 8 km southeast of Abalessa.
Abalessa
- Categories: commune of Algeria and locality
- Location: Abalessa, Silet, Tamanrasset Province, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
22.88963° or 22° 53′ 23″ northLongitude
4.84769° or 4° 50′ 52″ eastPopulation
9,160Elevation
891 metres (2,923 feet)Open location code
7FJ6VRQX+V3OpenStreetMap ID
node 2155117371OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2509264Wikidata ID
Q283326
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Abalessa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أباليسا”
- Arabic: “أبلسة”
- Arabic: “ابلسة”
- Arabic: “عبالسة”
- Azerbaijani: “Abalessa”
- Chinese: “Abalessa”
- Chinese: “阿巴莱萨”
- Dutch: “Abalessa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ابلسه”
- Finnish: “Abalessa”
- French: “Abalessa”
- German: “Abalessa”
- Italian: “Abalessa”
- Japanese: “アバルサ”
- Kabyle: “Abalessa”
- Malay: “Abalessa”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Abalessa”
- Persian: “آبالسا”
- Polish: “Abalasa”
- Portuguese: “Abalessa”
- Romanian: “Abalessa”
- Russian: “Абалесса”
- Scots: “Abalessa”
- South Azerbaijani: “آبالسا”
- Spanish: “Abalessa”
- Talysh: “Abalessa”
- Vietnamese: “Abalessa”
- Vietnamese: “Abalissa”
- Zulu: “Abalessa”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include متحف الضريح تين هينان and Tin Hinan.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Abalessa”. Photo: Yelles, CC BY-SA 3.0.