Ait Irane

Aït Irane
ⴰⵉⵜ ⵉⵔⴰⵏⴻ
آيت إيران
Village

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Nickname(s): Ath Yiran or At Yiran
Aït Irane
Coordinates: DZ 36°30′00″N 4°01′00″E / 36.5°N 4.016667°E / 36.5; 4.016667
Country  Algeria
Province Tizi Ouzou
District Ouadhia
Communes Aït Bouaddou
Elevation 2,766 ft (843 m)
Population (2010[1])
  Total 1,173
Time zone CET (UTC+1)

Aït Irane (Taqbaylit: [ath yir'en]), ath yirane (in kabyle) ⴰⵉⵜ ⵉⵔⴰⵏⴻ in Tifinagh, means izmawen, is one of the villages that belong to the commune Aït Bouadou, also called Ath Vouvaddou or Beni Bouaddou. Aït Bouadou is a commune of the Ouadhia District (Daïra) which is a Tizi Ouzou Province (Wilaya) in the Kabylie region of Algeria.

Climate

Aït Irane has a hot, temperate climate. The village has an average yearly temperature of 15.4 °C. The hottest month of the year is August, reaching an average temperature of 26.2 °C. In January, the average temperature is 7.0 °C. Rainfall averages 921 mm.

The minimum average rainfall is in July with only 4 mm. In January, rainfall is the heaviest, with an average of 149 mm.

The rainfall variations between the moistest month and the dryest month is 145 mm. Yearly Temperature Variation is 19.2 °C.[2]

Villages

Aït Bouaddou consists of nine villages:[3]

See also

Notes and references

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