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*Commune of Oum EL Assel*
	Commune of Oum EL Assel
	بلدية أم العسل
	; Map of Algeria highlighting Tindouf Province
	; Map of Tindouf Province highlighting Oum EL Assel Municipality
ONS code	3702
Postal code	37010
Province	Tindouf
District	Tindouf
PMA Seats	7
Area	88 865 km² (34 311 sq mi)
Population	1 794 (1998)
Density	0,02/km² (0,05/sq mi)
Time Zone	Central European Time (UTC+1)

Oum El Assel (Arabic: أم العسل, lit. mother of the honey) is a municipality in the district and province of Tindouf, Algeria. It has 1,794 inhabitants as of the 1998 census and is the least populated, largest, and least densely populated one of the two municipalities which form the province (the other one being Tindouf).

[edit] Economy

One of its villages, Hassi Mounir, is one of the country's projects to introduce solar energy in Algeria, and has 42 houses connected to solar energy.^[1] The natural ressources of the municipality (travertine, sand, and clay, among others) are still unexploited due to the existence of a large hamada (rock desert) in the region. There are projects for the creation of a glass factory, a freestone factory, and for a factory specialized in processing limestone products.^[2]

[edit] References

^ "Presentation on the 20 solar villages in the South of Algeria". http://www.mem-algeria.org/enr/solar_energy/the_prest_20_solar_vil.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
^ "TINDOUF". Ansej. http://www.ansej.org.dz/Wilayate%5CTINDOUF.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-05.

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[0] "Presentation on the 20 solar villages in the South of Algeria". http://www.mem-algeria.org/enr/solar_energy/the_prest_20_solar_vil.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-05.

[1] "TINDOUF". Ansej. http://www.ansej.org.dz/Wilayate%5CTINDOUF.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-05.

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