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Iherir | |
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Village | |
 The valley of Iherir | |
  Iherir | |
| Coordinates: 25°24′43″N 8°24′47″E / 25.41194°N 8.41306°E | |
| Country |  Algeria |
| Province | Illizi Province |
| District | Djanet District |
| Commune | Bordj El Houasse[1] |
| Elevation [2] | 1,070 m (3,510 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
A guelta in Iherir
Iherir (also written Ihrir) is a village in the commune of Bordj El Houasse,[1] in Djanet District, Illizi Province, Algeria. It is in a river valley (wadi) named Oued Iherir[3] near the center of the Tassili n'Ajjer mountain range, 121 kilometres (75 mi) south of the provincial capital Illizi.[4] The area has been populated since Neolithic times; the population living in the valley (including a village to the southeast called Idarane[2]) has been continuously over 1000 during the 20th century.[3]
- ^ a b "Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes. Wilaya d'El Oued" (PDF) (in French). Journal officiel de la République Algérienne. 19 December 1984. p. 1554. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
ForbiddenSaharawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Hughes, R. H.; Hughes, J. S. (1992). "4B. The Gueltas of the Tassili n'Ajjer". A directory of African wetlands : with a chapter on Madagascar. Glan [u.a.]: IUCN [u.a.] pp. 25–27. ISBN 2880329493. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ^ "Iherir, Algeria". Geonames.org. Retrieved 28 May 2013.