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Béchar
Béchar, Algeria · Africa
About Béchar
Béchar sits on the route: 1 hours from Abadla.
Béchar is in Algeria, with about 170,000 people. The nearest town is Abadla, about 82 km away.
Béchar (Tamazight: ⴱⵛⵛⴰⵕ, romanized: Bchchaṛ, Arabic: بشار, romanized: Bashār) is the capital city of Béchar Province, Algeria. It is also a commune, coextensive with Béchar District, of Béchar Province. In 2008 the city had a population of 165,627, up from 134,954 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 2.1%. TheRead more
commune covers an area of 5,050 square kilometres (1,950 sq mi).
Béchar thrived on the activity of the coal mines until petroleum production seized the market.
Leatherwork and jewellery are notable products of Béchar. Dates, vegetables, figs, cereals and almonds are produced near Béchar. There are bituminous coal reserves near Béchar, but they are not exploited to their greatest potential because of transportation costs are too high relative to that from the oil and gas fields of eastern Algeria. The city was once the site of a French Foreign Legion post.
The Kenadsa longwave transmitter, whose masts are the tallest structures in Algeria at 357 metres (1,171 ft), is found near Béchar.
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Béchar is in Béchar, Algeria, about 82 km from Abadla.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 165,241
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Algeria
- Region
- Béchar
- Timezone
- Africa/Algiers
- Coordinates
- 31.6167, -2.2167
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