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Ouargla
Ouargla · Algeria
City population
169,928
#19
in Algeria
#1
in Ouargla
#3,367
worldwide
31.949, 5.325 · 570 km from Algiers
About Ouargla
Ouargla is a city in Ouargla, Algeria with a population of 169,928. It is the 19th largest of the 294 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Algeria, and the 3,367th largest worldwide. It lies 570 km from Algiers.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Ouargla
Rank in region
#1of 4
Elevation
138 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Algiers
Coordinates
31.949, 5.325
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 294 in AlgeriaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.