{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Ourmes |other_name = |native_name = ورماس |nickname = |settlement_type = Commune and town |motto = |image_skyline = ورماس الجزائر Oùrmes.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_map = DZ 39 Ourmas.svg |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location of Ourmes commune within El Oued Province |pushpin_map = Algeria |pushpin_label_position = bottom |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption = Location of Ourmes in Algeria |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Algeria}} |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = El Oued Province |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Guemar District |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = Municipality |leader_title = <!-- Mayor --> |leader_name = |established_title = <!-- APC --> |established_date = <!-- 2012-2017 --> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 443 |area_land_km2 = |population_as_of = 2008 |population_footnotes = <ref name="census2008"/> |population_note = |population_total = 5,900 |population_density_km2 = |timezone = CET |utc_offset = +1 |coordinates = {{coord|33|24|49|N|6|46|51|E|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 76 |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code = 39460 |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |website = |footnotes = }}
'''Ourmes''' ({{langx|ar|ورماس}}) (also written '''Ourmas''') is a town and commune in Guemar District, El Oued Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 5,900,<ref name="census2008">{{cite web|title=Population: El Oued Wilaya|url=http://www.ons.dz/collections/w39_p1.pdf|publisher=Office National des Statistiques Algérie|access-date=12 February 2013|language=fr}}</ref> up from 5,059 in 1998,<ref>{{cite web|title=Algeria Communes|url=http://www.statoids.com/ydz.html|publisher=Statoids|access-date=9 March 2013}}</ref> with an annual growth rate of 1.6%.<ref name="census2008"/> It is located {{convert|9|km|mi}} northwest of the provincial capital El Oued, and is connected by local roads to Kouinine and Taghzout.
==Climate==
{{See also|El Oued#Climate|label 1 = Climate of El Oued}}
Ourmes has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification ''BWh''), with very hot summers and mild winters. Rainfall is light and sporadic, and summers are particularly dry.
==Education==
4.9% of the population has a tertiary education, and another 12.7% has completed 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/w39_p6.pdf|publisher=Office National des Statistiques Algérie|access-date=13 February 2013|language=fr}}</ref> The overall literacy rate is 79.7%, and is 86.0% among males and 73.3% among females.<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/w39_p10.pdf|publisher=Office National des Statistiques Algérie|access-date=13 February 2013|language=fr}}</ref>
==Localities== The commune of Ourmes is composed of three 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/FP1564.pdf|publisher=Journal officiel de la République Algérienne|access-date=2 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712065957/http://www.joradp.dz/JO8499/1984/067/FP1564.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-12 |page=1564|language=fr|date=19 December 1984}}</ref> {{div col}} *Ourmés *Hadhoudi *Legouiret {{div col end}}
==References== {{Portal|Algeria}} {{Reflist}}
{{-}} <div align="center">'''Neighbouring towns and cities'''</div> {{Geographic location |Centre = Ourmes |North = Guemar<br>Taghzout |Northeast = '''Tébessa'''<br>Hassani Abdelkrim |East = Kouinine |Southeast = '''El Oued''' |South = Oued El Alenda |Southwest = Oudeï Tork<br>Taibet (Ouargla)<br>'''Touggourt''' |West = Djamaa |Northwest = '''Biskra'''<br>El M'Ghair }}
{{El Oued Province}}
Category:Communes of El Oued Province Category:Cities in Algeria