In Salah
Province
In Salah (Arabic عين صالح, DMG ʿ Ain Saleh to German " source of salvation " ) is the most important city in the oases of Tidikelt in the Sahara in central Algeria, in the province of Tamanrasset. The population is approximately 28,000 people ( 2009). You can find the city is also listed as Aïn Salah.
Location
It lies on the Trans-Saharan route Algiers- Tamanrasset Agadez, a part of the Algiers- Lagos Highway, also Trans - African Highway No. 2 ( TAH 2) called.
History
The place was once an important stop on the trans- Saharan caravan route, and has the last major settlement before the zentralsaharischen city Tamanrasset today nothing people and goods lost any of its former importance for the. Pierers lexicon describes the In Salah in 1857 as "City in a sandy, but well-watered area in the oasis of Tuat ( Western Sahara), stone houses, mostly inhabited by Marabuten; Date palms, cereals; 3000 inhabitants. " Flight connections are there to Algiers and other major cities in the country. In one of the largest Algerian In Salah equipment for oil drilling and extraction of natural gas is at home, in the new technology of CO ₂ capture and storage will be tested. The city is regarded as one of the hottest places in the Sahara. There were said to have been measured 53 ° C in the shade.