Bordj Badji Mokhtar
Bordj Badji Mokhtar is a town and commune in Bordj Badji Mokhtar District, Bordj Badji Mokhtar Province, in south-western Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 16,437, up from 9,323 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 6.0%, the highest in the province. It was named after the Algerian independence activist Badji Mokhtar. The inhabitants are mainly Tuaregs.
The Prime Meridian passes near Bordj Badji Mokhtar.
The vegetation is concentrated at the bottom of the wadis and valleys. Fauna includes gazelles, jackals, doves, reptiles, rodents and trapja but the domestic animals include goats, sheep, camels and donkeys.
History
The wn has its origins in the border guard thwarted by French settlers. Bordj Badji Mokhtar municipality comprises two villages and four nomadic groups.desolate and mostly flat area in the Sahara Desert. The region is extremely sparsely populated with only four significant settlements in the Algerian part. Unlike most other towns in Saharan Algeria, Bordj Badji Mokhtar is not settled near an oasis but water is available from wells dug underground.
Localities
As of 1984, the commune was composed of one locality:- Bordj Badji Mokhtar
Climate
Bordj Badji Mokhtar has a hot desert climate, with long, extremely hot summers and short but warm winters, and very little rainfall throughout the year as the town only averages of rainfall. Occasional showers and thunderstorms do occur from July to September due as the town falls under the far northern edge of influence of the West African Monsoon.Transportation
Bordj Badji Mokhtar is very distant from other population centres, but the N6 national highway does connect it to Reggane and Adrar to the north and Timiaouine to the southeast. The smuggling of drugs, fuel and migrants is an important economic activity in the area, employing the In Khalil border crossing into Mali, about southeast of the town.Bordj Badji Mokhtar is served by Bordj Badji Mokhtar Airport.