Béni Abbès is a

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Béchar Béchar () 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% ...

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. It was named after its capital,

Béni Abbès Béni Abbès (), 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, from the provincial capital Béchar, and from Algiers. It has been the capital ...

. According to the 2008 census, the total population of the district was 12,134 inhabitants. The population lives almost exclusively on the banks of the

Oued Saoura Oued Saoura is an intermittent river, or wadi, formed from the confluence of the Oued Guir and Oued Zouzfana at Igli, forming the Saoura valley. While in the past the flow of the river was steady and plentiful, in recent years it has diminished ...

; to the northeast is the uninhabited

Grand Erg Occidental The Grand Erg Occidental (, al-ʿIrq al-Gharbī al-Kabīr), (also known as the Western Sand Sea) is the second largest erg in northern Algeria after the Grand Erg Oriental. It covers an area of approximately . The sand dunes in the erg are formed ...

, while to the southwest is the rocky

hamada A hamada (, ) is a type of desert landscape consisting of high, largely barren, hard rocky (basalt) plateaus, where most of the sand has been removed by Aeolian processes#Wind erosion, deflation. The majority of the Sahara is hamada. Other e ...

and the mountainous

Ougarta Range Ougarta Range or Mountains of Ougarta (, ) are a mountain range in the Saoura area of southwestern Algeria. The range is oriented from northwest to southeast, and extends over a length of to a maximum width of . The highest point of the Ougarta ...

. The N6 is the main road through the district, running from northwest to southeast.

Municipalities

The district is further divided into 2

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: *

Tamtert Tamtert (), also written Tamert or Tamatart is a town and commune in Béni Abbès District, Béni Abbès Province, in western Algeria. According to the 2008 census its population is 1,248, down from 1,302 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of -0 ...

References

Districts of Béchar Province {{Béchar-geo-stub