Ouargla

Ouargla is a city in and a hub for the country's petroleum industry. The population of the urban area was just under 200,000 in 2008.
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  • Type: City with 133,000 residents
  • Description: city and capital of Ouargla Province, Algeria
  • Also known as: Quargla” and “ورڤلة

Places of Interest

Highlights include 18 February Stadium.

Stadium
, is a multi-use in Ouargla, . It is currently used mostly for football matches and athletics. The stadium is the home ground of MB Rouissat and IRB Ouargla. The stadium holds 18,000 spectators.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rouissat.

Town
is a town and commune in , , . According to the 2008 census it has a population of 58,112, up from 37,814 in 1998, and a population growth rate of 4.5%.

Ouargla

Latitude
31.9445° or 31° 56′ 40″ north
Longitude
5.3218° or 5° 19′ 18″ east
Population
133,000
Elevation
138 metres (453 feet)
IATA airport code
OGX
United Nations Location Code
DZ OGX
Open location code
8F37W8VC+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3869219093
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2485801
Wiki­data ID
Q852469
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Algerian Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Ouargla” goes by many names.
  • Algerian Arabic: ورڨلة
  • Arabic: وَرْجَلَانُ
  • Arabic: ورقلة
  • Arabic: وَرْقَلَةُ
  • Armenian: Ուարգլա
  • Asturian: Ouargla
  • Azerbaijani: Uarqla
  • Basque: Ouargla
  • Belarusian: Ўаргла
  • Bengali: ওয়াগ্লা
  • Catalan: Ouargla
  • Catalan: Ourgla
  • Catalan: Wardjilan
  • Catalan: Wargla
  • Cebuano: Ouargla (kapital sa lalawigan)
  • Cebuano: Ouargla
  • Chinese: Ouargla
  • Chinese: 乌尔格拉
  • Chinese: 瓦尔格拉
  • Chinese: 瓦爾格拉
  • Czech: Ouargla
  • Danish: Ouargla
  • Dutch: Ouargla
  • Egyptian Arabic: ورقلة
  • Esperanto: Uargla
  • Finnish: Ouargla
  • Finnish: Wargla
  • French: Ouargla
  • German: Ouargla
  • German: Warqala
  • Greek: Ουάργκλα
  • Gujarati: ઔર્ગ્લા
  • Hebrew: וארגלה
  • Hindi: ओरगला
  • Indonesian: Ouargla
  • Italian: Ouargla
  • Italian: Wargla
  • Japanese: ウアルグラ
  • Japanese: ワルグラ
  • Kabyle: Wergla
  • Kannada: ಓರ್ಗಾಲಾ
  • Kazakh: Wargla qalası
  • Kazakh: Уаргла қаласы
  • Kazakh: Уәрқлә
  • Kazakh: ۋارگلا قالاسى
  • Korean: 와르글라
  • Korean: 우아르글라
  • Latvian: Uargla
  • Lithuanian: Ouargla
  • Lithuanian: Uargla
  • Lithuanian: Vargla
  • Lithuanian: Warqla
  • Malay: Ouargla
  • Marathi: औरग्ला
  • Min Nan Chinese: Ouargla
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ouargla
  • Norwegian: Ouargla
  • Persian: ورقله، الجزایر
  • Polish: Ouargla
  • Polish: Warkala
  • Portuguese: Ouargla
  • Portuguese: Uargla
  • Romanian: Ouargla
  • Romanian: Wargla
  • Romanian: Warqla
  • Russian: Уаргла
  • Serbo-Croatian: Vargla
  • Sinhala: ඖර්ජිආ
  • Slovenian: Ouargla
  • South Azerbaijani: ورقله، الجزاییر
  • Spanish: Uargla
  • Swahili: Ouargla
  • Swedish: Ouargla
  • Tamil: ஓவர்களா
  • Telugu: ఓర్గాల
  • Thai: วาร์กลา
  • Turkish: Ouargla
  • Turkish: Vurkla
  • Ukrainian: Уаргла
  • Urdu: ورقلہ
  • Venetian: Ouargla
  • Vietnamese: Ouargla
  • Waray (Philippines): Ouargla
  • Western Panjabi: ورقلہ

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