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Ar Ruqba
Tataouinetown
Demographic figures from INS Tunisia. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Ar Ruqba, a town in Tataouine, Tunisia, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. Its coordinates of 32.909°, 10.414° place it in the warm-temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 2,070 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 81% of daylight hours. Based on its warm temperate position, residents likely encounter warm summers and cool winters. The sections below expand on demographics, weather, terrain, hazards and nearby points of interest using publicly available datasets.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- House BuntingEmberiza sahari J.Levaillant, 1850 · Aves38
- Black WheatearOenanthe leucura (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves21
- White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga (C.L.Brehm, 1855) · Aves19
- Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae A.E.Brehm, 1857 · Aves19
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis (Temminck, 1820) · Aves18
- Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens (Lichtenstein, 1823) · Aves18
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus (M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823) · Aves14
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves13
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here



People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Tataouine
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org