Igli, Algeria

Igli
إقلي
Commune and town
Location of Igli commune within Béchar Province
Igli
Location of Igli within Algeria
Coordinates: 30°27′0″N 2°18′33″W / 30.45000°N 2.30917°W / 30.45000; -2.30917
Country Algeria
ProvinceBéchar Province
DistrictIgli District
Area
  Total
6,220 km2 (2,400 sq mi)
Elevation
507 m (1,663 ft)
Population
 (2008)
  Total
6,682
  Density1.1/km2 (2.8/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Igli (Arabic: إقلي) is a town and commune in Béchar Province, western Algeria, located 152 km south of Bechar. It is coextensive with Igli District. Its population was 6,682 as of the 2008 census, up from 5,474 in 1998, and an annual population growth rate of 2.1%. The commune covers an area of 6,220 square kilometres (2,400 sq mi).

Its inhabitants, along with those of the small neighbouring town of Mazzer, speak a Zenati Berber language termed tabəldit, closely related to that of other south-western Algerian ksars and of Figuig.