Bou Bernous

Bou Bernous
Village
Bou Bernous
Coordinates: 27°19′11″N 2°59′1″W / 27.31972°N 2.98361°W / 27.31972; -2.98361Coordinates: 27°19′11″N 2°59′1″W / 27.31972°N 2.98361°W / 27.31972; -2.98361
Country  Algeria
Province Tindouf Province
District Tindouf District
Commune Oum El Assel[1]
Elevation 378 m (1,240 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)

Bou Bernous is a village in the commune of Oum El Assel,[1] in Tindouf Province, Algeria, located in a remote part of the Sahara Desert.[2] Bou Bernous is notable for having the highest officially recorded average high temperature in the world, at 47 °C or 116.6 °F.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1562. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2013 or before. Retrieved 2 March 2013. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  2. ↑ "Hassi Bou Bernous, Algeria". Geonames.Org. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  3. ↑ https://books.google.fr/books?id=-mwbAsxpRr0C&pg=PA13&dq=4,300+hours+of+sunshine+Wadi+Halfa&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=lNwgVZPJOIut7gaB5IC4Dg&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=4%2C300%20hours%20of%20sunshine%20Wadi%20Halfa&f=false
Neighbouring towns and cities
Adjacent places of Bou Bernous
 Oum El Assel
Hassi Khébi		 Béchar
Tabelbala (Béchar)		 Foum Zguid (Morocco)
Âouinet Bel Egrâ
Tindouf		 Adrar
   Hassi Bou Bernous  
Chenachène Taoudenni (Mali) Bordj Badji Mokhtar (Adrar)
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