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Bechar
Béchar · local name
31.61° N, 2.23° W
- Population
- 143,382
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 25 of 39
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 39 cities of Algeria in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Algeria, so this is not a national ranking.
- Elevation
- 747 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 5,050 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Béchar District
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Time zone
- Africa/Algiers
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Practical bearings for Bechar, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Bechar have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
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