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Hassi Messaoud
Ouargla, Algeria · Africa
About Hassi Messaoud
Hassi Messaoud sits on the route: 1 hours from Rouissat.
Hassi Messaoud is in Ouargla, Algeria, with about 44,000 people. The nearest town is Rouissat, about 73 km away.
Hassi Messaoud (Arabic: حاسي مسعود) is a town in Ouargla Province, eastern Algeria, located 85 kilometres (53 mi) southeast of Ouargla. As of 2008 it had a population of 45,147 people, up from 40,360 in 1998, and an annual population growth rate of 1.1%, the lowest in the province. Oil was discovered there in 1956 andRead more
the town's prominence has grown rapidly since then; it is considered as the First Energy town in Algeria where all the big oil and gas companies have offices and bases. It is an oil refinery town named after the first oil well. A water well, dug in 1917, can be found on the airport side of town. Today there are over 800 wells within a 25 kilometres (16 mi) radius of the town.
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Hassi Messaoud is in Ouargla, Algeria, about 73 km from Rouissat.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 44,478
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Algeria
- Region
- Ouargla
- Timezone
- Africa/Algiers
- Coordinates
- 31.6804, 6.0729
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