What is the population of El Menia, El Meniaa?

El Menia has a population of approximately 40,195 according to the latest available open data.

Where is El Menia, El Meniaa located?

El Menia is located in El Meniaa, Algeria, at approximate coordinates 30.5837°, 2.8831°.

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El Menia

Total population

40,195

Elevation380 m

Coordinates30.58°, 2.88°

Demographic figures from Office National des Statistiques (Algeria). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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Elevation

380 m

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Overview

El Menia is an oasis town and commune, and capital of El Ménia District, in the homonymous El Menia Province, Algeria. The former name is El Goléa ; together in Arabic, the two names mean Impregnable Castle. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 40,195, up from 28,848 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 3.4%. The area is inhabited by the Zenete Berbers. El Menia oasis grows many agricultural products. The grave of the French priest Charles de Foucauld is located in the town.

History & geography

Geography

El Menia is located almost at the center of Algeria, lying at the eastern border of the Grand Erg Occidental at an elevation of . The town is a gateway to the Sahara in the south, and has an estimated 180,000 palm trees within the oasis area. The oasis itself lies beneath an escarpment rising up to above. Some of the largest continuous areas of Saharan sand dunes begin just a few kilometres to the west of the oasis.

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