{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Bou Bernous |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = Village |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Algeria |pushpin_label_position = bottom |pushpin_mapsize = 300 |pushpin_map_caption = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Algeria}} |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Tindouf Province |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Tindouf District |subdivision_type3 = Commune |subdivision_name3 = Oum El Assel<ref name="localities">{{cite web|title=Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes. Wilaya d'El Oued|url=http://www.joradp.dz/JO8499/1984/067/FP1562.pdf|publisher=Journal officiel de la République Algérienne|accessdate=2 March 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302063047/http://www.joradp.dz/JO8499/1984/067/FP1562.pdf |archivedate=2 March 2013 |page=1562|language=French|date=19 December 1984}}</ref> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |timezone = CET |utc_offset = +1 |coordinates = {{coord|27|19|11|N|2|59|1|W|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 378 |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |website = |footnotes = }}

'''Bou Bernous''' is a village in the commune of Oum El Assel,<ref name="localities"/> in Tindouf Province, Algeria, located in a remote part of the Sahara Desert.<ref name=GeoNames>{{cite web|title=Hassi Bou Bernous, Algeria|url=https://www.geonames.org/2503405/hassi-bou-bernous.html|publisher=Geonames.Org|accessdate=14 May 2013}}</ref> Bou Bernous is notable for having the highest officially recorded average high temperature in the world, at 47&nbsp;°C or 116.6&nbsp;°F.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-mwbAsxpRr0C&dq=4%2C300+hours+of+sunshine+Wadi+Halfa&pg=PA13 |title = Encyclopedia of World Climatology|isbn = 9781402032646|last1 = Oliver|first1 = John E.|date = 2008-04-23}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{-}} <div align="center">'''Neighbouring towns and cities'''</div> {{Geographic location |Centre = Hassi Bou Bernous |North = '''Béchar'''<br>Tabelbala (Béchar) |Northeast = Foum Zguid (Morocco) |East = '''Adrar''' |Southeast = Bordj Badji Mokhtar (Adrar) |South = Taoudenni (Mali) |Southwest = Chenachène |West = Âouinet Bel Egrâ<br>'''Tindouf''' |Northwest = Oum El Assel<br>Hassi Khébi }}

{{Tindouf Province}}

Category:Populated places in Tindouf Province

{{Tindouf-geo-stub}}