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Robbah رﺑﺎح
Commune and town
Location of Robbah commune within El Oued Province
RobbahLocation of Robbah within Algeria
Coordinates: 33°16′52″N 6°54′39″E / 33.28111°N 6.91083°E / 33.28111; 6.91083
Country	Algeria
Province	El Oued Province
District	Robbah District
Elevation	87 m (285 ft)
Population
• Total	21,965
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)

Robbah (Arabic: رﺑﺎح) is a town and commune, and capital of Robbah District, in El Oued Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 21,965, up from 17,243 in 1998, and an annual growth rate of 2.5%. The town lies about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southeast of the provincial capital El Oued and forms a part of its larger urban area.

Climate

Robbah has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh), with very hot summers and mild winters. Rainfall is light and sporadic, and summers are particularly dry.

Education

7.2% of the population has a tertiary education, and another 16.4% has completed secondary education. The overall literacy rate is 79.6%, and is 87.3% among males and 71.6% among females.

Localities

The commune of Robbah is composed of four localities:

• Robbah
• Débidibi
• Beghazlia
• Guédachi

References

1. ^ "Population: El Oued Wilaya" (PDF) (in French). Office National des Statistiques Algérie. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
2. "Algeria Communes". Statoids. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
3. "Structure relative de la population résidente des ménages ordinaires et collectifs âgée de 6 ans et plus selon le niveau d'instruction et la commune de résidence" (PDF) (in French). Office National des Statistiques Algérie. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
4. "Taux d'analphabétisme et taux d'alphabétisation de la population âgée de 15 ans et plus, selon le sexe et la commune de résidence " (PDF) (in French). Office National des Statistiques Algérie. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
5. "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. 1564. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2013.

v t e Places adjacent to Robbah
El Oued Bayadha Trifaoui Taleb Larbi Oum Sahaouine Chégamat Oued El Alenda Touggourt Robbah Nakhla Dabadib Mih Ouensa Ouargla Débidibi Hassi Messaoud (Ouargla) El Ogla

v t e El Oued Province
Capital: El Oued
El Oued District	El Oued Oum Sahaouine Kouinine
Bayadha District	Bayadha Ababsa Sidi Slimane
Debila District	Debila Drimini Hassani Abdelkrim Z'Goum
Guemar District	Guemar Ghamra Ourmes Taghzout
Hassi Khelifa District	Hassi Khelifa Trifaoui Lizerg Khobna
Magrane District	Magrane Gottaï Sidi Aoun Souihla
Mih Ouensa District	Mih Ouensa Bougoufa El Kataf Mih Lachache Mih Moulahoum Oudeï Tork Sahabane Oued El Alenda Chégamat Dabadib
Reguiba District	Reguiba El Arfji Hobba Sif El Menadi Hamraia Méguibra
Robbah District	Robbah Débidibi El Ogla Nakhla
Taleb Larbi District	Taleb Larbi Ben Guecha Douar El Ma

• Communes of El Oued Province
• Cities in Algeria