Metarfa

Metarfa (Arabic: المطارفة) is a town and commune in Aougrout District, Adrar Province, in south-central Algeria.

[1] The villages in Metarfa commune are built near various scattered oases in the southern part of the Gourara region of northern Adrar Province, about halfway between Timimoun and Adrar.

The surrounding areas generally consist of rocky plains interspersed with low sand dunes.

Metarfa has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh), with extremely hot summers and mild winters, and very little precipitation throughout the year.

The road to the southeast connects to the N6 highway, while the road to the northeast branches; the branch to the northwest leads to the villages of Ouled Rached and Ouled Ali while the branch to the southeast leads to Ouled Mahmoud and Oufrane, and eventually to Aougrout.