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الوادي (āl-Wādī)

الوادي (āl-Wādī)1 had a population of 135 thousand in 2008.2 It is located at an oasis in the Sahara Desert, in a province bearing its name, in الجزائر (al-Jazā'īr).3 Its market is popular with tourists.4

External references

market in the foreground, domes roofs in the background: āl-Wādī, al-Jazā'īr

Footnotes

1. The city is spelled el Oued in French and English. The word, when not referring to this town, is usually spelled wadi in English; it means gulch.
2. Side banner of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Oued, accessed February 13, 2017.
3. Algérie in French; Algeria in English.
4. The city was one of the first ten listed in https://www.thecrazytourist.com/15-best-places-to-visit-in-algeria/, accessed February, 2017.