El Oued

El Oued Souf or Oued Souf is a metropolis, and the capital of El Oued Province, in Algeria. The oasis town is watered via an underground river, therefore its name is El Oued which enables date palm cultivation and the rare use of brick production for housing. As most roofs are domed, it's far called the City of a Thousand Domes.

El Oued is located 400 miles south east of Algiers the capital metropolis of Algeria, near the Tunisian border. The populace of El Oued became 134,699 as of the 2008 census up from one hundred and 5,256 in 1998 with a populace increase price of 2.5%. The N16 highway connects El Oued to Touggourt to the southwest and Tebessa to the northeast. The N48 connects El Oued to the metropolis of Still to the north, from which the N3 may be used to reach Biskra. The population are notion to be Teroud tribe residing in and near Oued Souf vicinity, but it's miles more likely that modern-day day Soufis are descendants of the original population of the oasis.