Ouargla
Ouargla is a city in Saharan Algeria and a hub for the country's petroleum industry. The population of the urban area was just under 200,000 in 2008.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- 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.
18 February Stadium
Stadium
18 February Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Ouargla, Algeria. 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.
Rouissat
Town
Rouissat is a town and commune in Ouargla District, Ouargla Province, Algeria. 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
- Categories: commune of Algeria and locality
- Location: Ouargla District, Ouargla Province, Saharan Algeria, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
31.9445° or 31° 56′ 40″ northLongitude
5.3218° or 5° 19′ 18″ eastPopulation
133,000Elevation
138 metres (453 feet)IATA airport code
OGXUnited Nations Location Code
DZ OGXOpen location code
8F37W8VC+RPOpenStreetMap ID
node 3869219093OpenStreetMap feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
2485801Wikidata ID
Q852469
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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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