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.
  • City with 133,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 138 metres (453 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code OGX
  • Description: city and capital of Ouargla Province, Algeria
  • Also known as
    “Quargla”
    “ورڤلة”
    “ورقلة ⵡⴰⵔⴳⵍⴰ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include 18 February Stadium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rouissat.

Ouargla

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Latitude
31.9445° or 31° 56′ 40″ north
Longitude
5.3218° or 5° 19′ 18″ east
UN/LOCODE
DZ OGX
Open location code
8F37W8VC+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Algerian Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Ouargla” goes by many names.
  • Algerian Arabic: “ورڨلة”
  • Amharic: “ዋርግላ”
  • Arabic: “وَرْجَلَانُ”
  • Arabic: “ورقلة”
  • Arabic: “وَرْقَلَةُ”
  • Armenian: “Ուարգլա”
  • Asturian: “Ouargla”
  • Azerbaijani: “Uarqla”
  • Azerbaijani: “Varcla”
  • Basque: “Ouargla”
  • Belarusian: “Ўаргла”
  • Bengali: “ওয়াগ্লা”
  • Bengali: “ওয়ার্গলা”
  • Catalan: “Ouargla”
  • Catalan: “Ourgla”
  • Catalan: “Wardjilan”
  • Catalan: “Wargla”
  • Cebuano: “Ouargla (kapital sa lalawigan)”
  • Cebuano: “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”
  • Hausa: “Ouargla”
  • Hebrew: “וארגלה”
  • Hindi: “वरक़ला”
  • Hindi: “वारग्ला”
  • Indonesian: “Ouargla”
  • Italian: “Ouargla”
  • Italian: “Wargla”
  • Japanese: “ウアルグラ”
  • Japanese: “ワルグラ”
  • Javanese: “Ouargla”
  • Kabyle: “Wergla”
  • Kannada: “ಓರ್ಗಾಲಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Wargla qalası”
  • Kazakh: “Уаргла қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Уәрқлә”
  • Kazakh: “ۋارگلا قالاسى”
  • Kirghiz: “Уаргла”
  • Korean: “와르글라”
  • Korean: “우아르글라”
  • Latvian: “Uargla”
  • Lithuanian: “Ouargla”
  • Lithuanian: “Uargla”
  • Lithuanian: “Vargla”
  • Lithuanian: “Warqla”
  • Malay: “Ouargla”
  • Marathi: “औरग्ला”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ouargla”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ouargla”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ouargla”
  • Norwegian: “Ouargla”
  • Oromo: “Ouargla”
  • Panjabi: “ਵਾਰਗਲਾ”
  • Persian: “ورقله، الجزایر”
  • Persian: “ورقله”
  • Polish: “Ouargla”
  • Polish: “Warkala”
  • Portuguese: “Ouargla”
  • Portuguese: “Uargla”
  • Pushto: “ورقلة”
  • Romanian: “Ouargla”
  • Romanian: “Wargla”
  • Romanian: “Warqla”
  • Russian: “Уаргла”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vargla”
  • Sinhala: “ඖර්ජිආ”
  • Slovenian: “Ouargla”
  • Somali: “Ouargla”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ورقله، الجزاییر”
  • Spanish: “Uargla”
  • Swahili: “Ouargla”
  • Swedish: “Ouargla”
  • Tajik: “Уаргла”
  • Tamil: “ஓவர்களா”
  • Tatar: “Уаргла”
  • Telugu: “ఓర్గాల”
  • Thai: “วาร์กลา”
  • Turkish: “Ouargla”
  • Turkish: “Vurkla”
  • Ukrainian: “Уаргла”
  • Urdu: “ورقلة”
  • Urdu: “ورقلہ”
  • Uzbek: “Ouargla”
  • Venetian: “Ouargla”
  • Vietnamese: “Ouargla”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ouargla”
  • Western Panjabi: “ورقلہ”

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