Timimoun Province

The Timimoun Province (Arabic: ولاية تيميمون Tamazight : ⵓⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵜⵉⵎⵉⵎⵓⵏ^[1]) is an Algerian province created in 2019.^[2] It was previously a delegated wilaya created in 2015 in the Algerian Sahara.

Geography

The wilaya of Timimoun is in the Algerian Sahara and has an area of 131,220 km².

It is delimited by:

• to the north by the El Bayadh Province;
• to the east by the El Menia Province and In Salah Province;
• to the west by the Béchar Province and Béni Abbès Province;
• and to the south by the Adrar Province.

History

The wilaya of Timimoun was created on November 26, 2019.

Previously, it was a delegated wilaya, created according to the law n° 15–140 of May 27, 2015, creating administrative districts in certain wilayas and fixing the specific rules related to them, as well as the list of municipalities that are attached to it. Before 2019, it was attached to the Adrar Province.

Notable historical sites in Timimoun Province include Ksar Draa, an abandoned ksar of unknown origin in the middle of the desert.^[3]

Organization of the wilaya

During the administrative breakdown of 2015, the delegated wilaya of Timimoun is made up of 4 districts and 10 communes.

List of walis

References

1. ^ "ⵜⴻⴽⴼⴰ ⵜⴻⵥⵔⵉⴳⵜ ⵜⵉⵙ 8 ⵏ ⵜⴼⴰⵙⴽⴰ ⵜⴰⴳⵔⴰⵖⵍⴰⵏⵜ ⵏ ⵙⴻⴽⵙⵓ" [The 8th edition of the Couscous Festival comes to an end] (in ber). Algerian Press Service. 15 December 2025.
2. ^ "Ten administrative districts promoted into provinces with full prerogatives". Algeria Press Service
3. ^ Ilyas, Dabladji (July 2022). Architecture of Oblivion case of the depths of the Algerian desert, The role of commemorative architecture in the tourism development of heritage sites (Master's Thesis). University of Blida. p. 78.