The wilaya of Ain Salah is in the Algerian Sahara, its area 131,220 km².

[2] It is delimited by: The wilaya of Ain Salah was created on November 26, 2019.

Previously, it was a delegated wilaya, created on May 27, 2015, creating administrative districts in certain wilayas and fixing the specific rules related to them, as well as the list of municipalities that are attached to it.

During the administrative breakdown of 2015, the delegated wilaya of Ain Salah is made up of 2 districts and 3 communes.

According to the general census of population and housing of 2008, all the municipalities of the wilaya of In Salah had a total 50,392 inhabitants [3]