Rouissat

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Rouissat

Total population

58,112

Air quality index

74Moderate

Elevation138 m

Coordinates31.92°, 5.35°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

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%. It is within the urban area of the provincial capital Ouargla, lying just to the south of the city center.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Notable people from here

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Réda Sayah

Algerian footballer

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Abdelaziz Ben El Hadj Ibrahim Al Thaminy

Algerian writer

Z

Zohra Ataouat

Algerian rally driver (1946-2005)

Bensayah Belkacem

E

Enas Mekky

Egyptian actress

A

Ayoub Azzi

Algerian association football player

a

abū īʿqūb al-wārǧlānī

A

Abdelkader Zoukh

Algerian politician

A

Abdelkader Bengrina

Algerian politician

T

Touhami Ghezzoul

Algerian basketball player (born 1987)

M

Mohamed Bennaï

association football player

M

Mustapha Bengrina

association football player

S

Sulaiman Shanin

Algerian politician

M

Moussa Dada Belkheir

Mohamed Azzi

Algerian association football player

I

Imadeddine Azzi

Algerian footballer (born 1998)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Ouargla

• Cité Ouled Bouziane
  0.7 mi away
• El Hedeb
  1.5 mi away
• Ouargla
  2.2 mi away · pop. 133,024
• Ouled Zid
  2.5 mi away
• Ain Beida
  2.7 mi away · pop. 19,039
• أولاد ناصر ⵡⵍⴰⴷ ⵏⴰⵚⴻⵔ
  3.6 mi away
• Cité El Khafdji
  3.7 mi away
• Merghoub
  3.7 mi away
• Ain Briss
  3.8 mi away
• Sidi Khouiled
  5.5 mi away · pop. 8,803
• بامنديل ⴱⴰⵎⴻⵏⴷⵉⵍ
  5.7 mi away
• الجريفات ⵍⴻⵊⵔⵉⴼⴰⵜ
  5.9 mi away

Browse all places in Ouargla →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Seen 2026-10-11

Crete alkaliweed

Cressa cretica

Seen 2026-10-05

Little Owl

Athene noctua

Seen 2026-06-18

silverleaf nightshade

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Seen 2026-06-02

castor bean

Ricinus communis

Seen 2026-05-27

Neem

Azadirachta indica

Seen 2026-05-10

Brown-necked Raven

Corvus ruficollis

Seen 2026-04-06

White-crowned Wheatear

Oenanthe leucopyga

Seen 2026-02-16

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Seen 2025-05-30

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).