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حاسي مسعود (Hāssī Mess'ūd)

حاسي مسعود (Hāssī Mess'ūd)1 had a population of 45 thousand in 2008.2 It is located in the Sahara Desert, in Warglāh (Ouargla) Province, in الجزائر (al-Jazā'īr).3 It has an oil field4 and is served by the Oued Irara-Krim Belkacem Airport, one of the nation's busiest.5 It is notorious for its misogyny.6

External references

overview of Hāssī Mess'ūd, al-Jazā'īr

Footnotes

1. The city is usually spelled Hassi Messaoud in French and English.
2. Side banner of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassi_Messaoud, accessed February 13, 2017.
3. Algérie in French; Algeria in English.
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oil_fields, accessed February 13, 2017.
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_Algeria, accessed February 13, 2017; criteria for inclusion: more than 100 thousand total annual passengers.
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassi_Messaoud, accessed April 11, 2017, citing http://www.amnesty.org.au/news/comments/22931/, which they retrieved on August 13, 2011..