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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Ourmes
|other_name             =
|native_name            = ورماس
|nickname               =
|settlement_type        = [[Communes of Algeria|Commune]] and town
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|image_skyline          = ورماس الجزائر Oùrmes.jpg
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|image_map              = DZ 39 Ourmas.svg
|mapsize                = 250px
|map_caption            = Location of Ourmes commune within El Oued Province
|pushpin_map            = Algeria
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|pushpin_map_caption    = Location of Ourmes in Algeria
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = {{flag|Algeria}}
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Algeria|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[El Oued Province]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Districts of Algeria|District]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Guemar District]]
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|government_type        = [[Municipality]]
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|established_title      = <!-- APC -->
|established_date       = <!-- 2012-2017 -->
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|unit_pref              = Metric
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|area_total_km2         = 443
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|population_as_of       = 2008
|population_footnotes   = <ref name="census2008"/>
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|population_total       = 5,900
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|timezone               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset             =  +1
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|elevation_footnotes    =
|elevation_m            = 76
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|postal_code_type       = Postal code
|postal_code            = 39460
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'''Ourmes''' ({{langx|ar|ورماس}}) (also written '''Ourmas''') is a town and [[Communes of Algeria|commune]] in [[Guemar District]], [[El Oued Province]], [[Algeria]]. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 5,900,<ref name="census2008">{{cite web|title=Population: El Oued Wilaya|url=http://www.ons.dz/collections/w39_p1.pdf|publisher=Office National des Statistiques Algérie|access-date=12 February 2013|language=fr}}</ref> up from 5,059 in 1998,<ref>{{cite web|title=Algeria Communes|url=http://www.statoids.com/ydz.html|publisher=Statoids|access-date=9 March 2013}}</ref> with an annual growth rate of 1.6%.<ref name="census2008"/> It is located {{convert|9|km|mi}} northwest of the provincial capital [[El Oued]], and is connected by local roads to [[Kouinine]] and [[Taghzout, Algeria|Taghzout]].
==Climate==
{{See also|El Oued#Climate|label 1 = Climate of El Oued}}
Ourmes 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==
4.9% of the population has a tertiary education, and another 12.7% has completed secondary education.<ref>{{cite web|title=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.|url=http://www.ons.dz/collections/w39_p6.pdf|publisher=Office National des Statistiques Algérie|access-date=13 February 2013|language=fr}}</ref> The overall literacy rate is 79.7%, and is 86.0% among males and 73.3% among females.<ref>{{cite web|title=Taux d'analphabétisme et taux d'alphabétisation de la population âgée de 15 ans et plus, selon le sexe et la commune de résidence .|url=http://www.ons.dz/collections/w39_p10.pdf|publisher=Office National des Statistiques Algérie|access-date=13 February 2013|language=fr}}</ref>
==Localities==
The commune of Ourmes is composed of three localities:<ref>{{cite web|title=Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes. Wilaya d'El Oued|url=http://www.joradp.dz/JO8499/1984/067/FP1564.pdf|publisher=Journal officiel de la République Algérienne|access-date=2 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712065957/http://www.joradp.dz/JO8499/1984/067/FP1564.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-12 |page=1564|language=fr|date=19 December 1984}}</ref>
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*Ourmés
*Hadhoudi
*Legouiret
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<div align="center">'''Neighbouring towns and cities'''</div>
{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Ourmes
|North     = [[Guemar]]<br>[[Taghzout, Algeria|Taghzout]]
|Northeast = '''[[Tébessa]]'''<br>[[Hassani Abdelkrim]]
|East      = [[Kouinine]]
|Southeast = '''[[El Oued]]'''
|South     = [[Oued El Alenda]]
|Southwest = [[Oudeï Tork]]<br>[[Taibet]] ([[Ouargla Province|Ouargla]])<br>'''[[Touggourt]]'''
|West      = [[Djamaa]]
|Northwest = '''[[Biskra]]'''<br>[[El M'Ghair]]
}}
{{El Oued Province}}
[[Category:Communes of El Oued Province]]
[[Category:Cities in Algeria]]