El Oued
El Oued, Souf or Oued Souf is a city, and the capital of El Oued Province, in Algeria. The oasis town is watered by an underground river, hence its name is El Oued which enables date palm cultivation and the rare use of brick construction for housing. As most roofs are domed, it is known as the "City of a Thousand Domes".El Oued is located 400 miles south east of Algiers, near the Tunisian border. The population of El Oued was 134,699 as of the 2008... Show more census, up from 105,256 in 1998, with a population growth rate of 2.5%.