Béni Abbès
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town in Béchar Province, Algeria
Key facts
- Country
- Algeria
- Province
- Béni Abbès
- District
- Béni Abbès
- Type
- Municipality
- Mayor
- Kebir Nadjib (2012-2017)
- Total
- 10,040 km (3,880 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 483 m (1,585 ft)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Postal code
- 08300
- Iso 3166 code
- CP
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Algeria
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Béni Abbès District
- Population
- 10885
- Area
- 10040
- Elevation
- 483
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Beni Abbes Province
- Shares border with
- Igli
- Image
- Béni-Abbés Oued saoura.JPG
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- Commons category
- Béni Abbès
- topic's main category
- Category:Béni Abbès
- Commons gallery
- بني عباس
- postal code
- 08002
- twinned administrative body
- Sidi Ghiles
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Encyclopedic overview
Béni Abbès (Arabic: بني عباس), also known as the Pearl of the Saoura, and also as the White Oasis, is a town and commune located in western Algeria in Béchar Province, 241 km (150 mi) from the provincial capital Béchar, and 1,200 km (746 mi) from Algiers.
It has been the capital of the Béni Abbès District since 1957. The commune's area is approximately 10,040 km (3,880 sq mi), with a population of 10,885 inhabitants as of the 2008 census, up from 8,850 in 1998, and a population growth rate of 2.1%.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Béni Abbès” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.