Tamanrasset Province

Infobox Algerian Province

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name1 = Tamanrasset
name2 = تمنراست
provincecode = 11
areacode = 29
capital = Tamanrasset
districts = 1
municipalities = 10
wali =
president =
order = 1 E+11 m²
area1 = 556,200
area2 = 214,750
population = 198,691 [http://rgph2008.ons.dz/resultat/histo.htm Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008] Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on 2008-07-02. ]
popyear = 2008
density1 = 0.4
density2 = 0.9|

Tamanrasset or Tamanghasset (Arabic: ولاية تمنراست , Berber: Tamenγest) is the largest province in Algeria. It was named after its province seat: Tamanrasset. It has more national parks than any other Algerian province: two. They are: Tassili n'Ajjer National Park and Ahaggar National Park.

Administrative divisions

The province is divided into 6 districts, [cite web|url=http://www.joradp.dz/JO8499/1991/041/FP1299.pdf|title=The official journal of People's Democratic Republic of Algeria|publisher=SGG Algeria|accessdate=2007-11-06] which are further divided into 12 municipalities (the seats of the districts, after which they are named are bolded) they are (in no particular order):
*Tamanrasset
*In Salah
*Tazrouk
*Abalessa
*In Ghar
*Tin Zaouatine
*In Guezzam

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