Adrar Province

Adrar is a province in southwestern Algeria, named after its capital Adrar. It is the second-largest province, with an area of 424,948 km². It had 402,197 inhabitants at the 2008 population census.It is bordered by five other wilayas: to the west by Tindouf; to the north by Béchar and El Bayadh; to the east by Ghardaïa and Tamanrasset. To the south, it is bordered by Mauritania and Mali.Adrar is composed of three natural and cultural regions: Touat (Adrar, Zaouiet Kounta), Gourara and 28 communes or municipalities (baladiyahs)