Oum El Assel
Oum El Assel
ماﻟﻌﺴﻞ | |
|---|---|
Commune and town | |
Location of Oum El Assel commune within Tindouf Province | |
| Coordinates: 28°36′45″N 6°58′44″W / 28.61250°N 6.97889°W | |
| Country | Algeria |
| Province | Tindouf |
| District | Tindouf |
| Government | |
| • PMA Seats | 7 |
| Area | |
• Total | 88,865 km2 (34,311 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 526 m (1,726 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
• Total | 3,183 |
| • Density | 0.036/km2 (0.093/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Postal code | 37010 |
| ONS code | 3702 |
Oum El Assel (Arabic: أم العسل, lit. mother of the honey) is a town and commune in the district and province of Tindouf, Algeria. At the 2008 census it had a population of 3,183, up from 1,794 in 1998, and an annual population growth rate of 6.0%. It is the least populated, largest, and least densely populated of the two communes which form the province (the other one being Tindouf). The town of Oum El Assel is located on the southern side of the N50 national highway 150 kilometres (93 mi) northeast of Tindouf.