Laghouat is the capital of the Laghouat Province, Algeria, 400 km south of the Algerian capital Algiers. Located in the Amour Range of the Saharan Atlas, the town is an oasis on the north edge of the
Laghouat in the Algerian Sahara (1879)
The Last Fight by Niels Simonsen (1807–1885), depicts the Battle of Laghouat.
The municipal museum is housed in a former church.
Ghardaïa is the capital city of Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. The commune of Ghardaïa has a population of 93,423 according to the 2008 census, up from 87,599 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 0.7%.