In Salah
Ain Salah
إن صالح Aïn Salah; ʿĪn Ṣalāḥ; ʿAyn Ṣalāḥ | |
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Commune and town | |
City gate of Ain Salah. | |
Location of In Salah commune within In Salah Province | |
| Coordinates: 27°11′42″N 2°29′0″E / 27.19500°N 2.48333°E | |
| Country | Algeria |
| Province | In Salah Province |
| District | In Salah District |
| Area | |
• Total | 32,518 km2 (12,555 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 293 m (961 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
• Total | 32,518 |
| • Density | 1.0/km2 (2.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| PMA seats (as of 2007) | 11 |
| ONS code | 1108 |
| Postal code | 11220 |
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Ain Salah, officially Aïn Salah (Algerian Arabic: عين صالح, romanized: ʿīn ṣalāḥ), is an oasis town in central Algeria and the capital of In Salah Province and In Salah District. It was once an important trade link in the trans-Saharan caravan route. As of the 2008 census, it had a population of 32,518, up from 28,022 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 1.5%, the lowest in the province. The village is located in the heart of the Sahara in North Africa. The name In Salah means "good well".