{{Infobox settlement |official_name = El Atteuf |other_name = |native_name = {{lang|ar|العطف}} |nickname = |settlement_type = Commune and town |motto = |image_skyline = El-Atteuf Ghardaia Algeria.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_map = DZ-47 El Atteuf.svg |mapsize = 200px |map_caption = Location of El Atteuf commune within Ghardaïa Province |pushpin_map = Algeria |pushpin_label_position = bottom |pushpin_mapsize=300 |pushpin_map_caption = Location of El Atteuf within Algeria |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Algeria}} |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Ghardaïa Province |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |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 = 2008 |population_footnotes = <ref name="census2008"/> |population_note = |population_total = 14,752 |population_density_km2 = |timezone = CET |utc_offset = +1 |coordinates = {{coord|32|28|39|N|3|44|52|E|display=inline}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 458 |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |website = |footnotes = }}
'''El Atteuf ''' ({{langx|ar|العطف}}) is a town and commune in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 14,752,<ref name="census2008">{{cite web|title=Population: Ghardaïa Wilaya |url=http://www.ons.dz/collections/w47_p1.pdf |publisher=Office National des Statistiques Algérie |accessdate=13 February 2013 |language=French |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516131832/http://www.ons.dz/collections/w47_p1.pdf |archivedate=16 May 2013 }}</ref> up from 12,713 in 1998, <ref>{{cite web|title=Algeria Communes|url=http://www.statoids.com/ydz.html|publisher=Statoids|accessdate=9 March 2013}}</ref> and an annual population growth rate of 1.5%.<ref name="census2008"/> It is located in the M'zab valley about {{convert|6|km|mi}} east of Ghardaïa, the provincial capital.
==Geography==
El Atteuf lies on the banks of the Wadi Mzab, an intermittent river in the M'zab valley, downstream of Ghardaïa. The area has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<ref>{{cite web|title=M'Zab Valley|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/188/|publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|accessdate=13 February 2013}}</ref> El Atteuf is the oldest town in the area.<ref>{{cite web|title=M'Zab|url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0014_0_14425.html|publisher=Jewish Virtual Library|accessdate=13 February 2013}}</ref>
==Education==
7.0% of the population has a tertiary education (the equal second highest in the province after Metlili), and another 16.6% has competed secondary education.<ref>{{cite web|title=Structure relative de la population résidente des ménages ordinaires et collectifs âgée de 6 ans et plus selon le niveau d'instruction et la commune de résidence. |url=http://www.ons.dz/collections/w47_p6.pdf |publisher=Office National des Statistiques Algérie |accessdate=13 February 2013 |language=French |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516131702/http://www.ons.dz/collections/w47_p6.pdf |archivedate=16 May 2013 }}</ref> The overall literacy rate is 89.4% (the highest in the province), and is 95.3% among males (equal highest in the province) and 83.2% among females (highest in the province).<ref>{{cite web|title=Taux d'analphabétisme et taux d'alphabétisation de la population âgée de 15 ans et plus, selon le sexe et la commune de résidence . |url=http://www.ons.dz/collections/w47_p10.pdf |publisher=Office National des Statistiques Algérie |accessdate=13 February 2013 |language=French |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516131804/http://www.ons.dz/collections/w47_p10.pdf |archivedate=16 May 2013 }}</ref>
==Localities== The commune of El Atteuf is composed of four localities:<ref>{{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/FP1578.pdf|publisher=Journal officiel de la République Algérienne |accessdate=2 March 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605183219/http://www.joradp.dz/JO8499/1984/067/FP1578.pdf |archivedate=2011-06-05 |page=1578 |language=French |date=19 December 1984}}</ref> {{div col}} *Vieux Ksar El Atteuf *Rezzag *El Argoub *Assedjlaf et la Palmeraie {{div col end}}
==References== {{Portal|Algeria}} {{Reflist}}
{{-}} <div align="center">'''Neighbouring towns and cities'''</div> {{Geographic location |Centre = El Atteuf |North = Berriane |Northeast = '''El Oued'''<br>El Guerrara |East = Zelfana<br>'''Ouargla''' |Southeast = |South = Mansoura<br/>'''Tamanrasset''' |Southwest = Metlili |West = '''Ghardaia''' |Northwest = '''Laghouat''' }}
{{Ghardaïa Province}}
Category:Communes of Ghardaïa Province Category:Ghardaïa Province