Biskra Province

Biskra is a province of with its capital at . It is located on the northern edge of the , south of the . Geographically, Biskra Province is arid, but oases and rivers can be found, such as the which flows through the province.
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  • Type: province of Algeria with 721,000 residents
  • Description: province of Algeria
  • Also known as: Biskra”, “Biskra, Algeria”, and “DZ-07

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sidi Okba.

Town
is a commune in the Biskra Province, . It was named after the Muslim General Uqba ibn Nafi who died there in 683 AD. The nearest big city is which is located 18 km away.

Biskra Province

Latitude
34.7333° or 34° 44′ north
Longitude
5.9167° or 5° 55′ east
Population
721,000
Elevation
133 metres (436 feet)
Open location code
8F67PWM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
2503822
Wiki­data ID
Q458402
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Biskra Province” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بسكرة
  • Arabic: ولاية بسكرة‎
  • Arabic: ولاية بسكرة
  • Arabic: ولايه بسكره
  • Asturian: provincia de Biskra
  • Asturian: Provincia de Biskra
  • Azerbaijani: Biskra vilayəti
  • Basque: Biskra probintzia
  • Basque: Biskrako probintzia
  • Belarusian: Біскра
  • Belarusian: Правінцыя Біскра
  • Bengali: বিস্ক্রা
  • Bulgarian: Бискра (област)
  • Bulgarian: Бискра
  • Catalan: Província de Biskra
  • Cebuano: Wilaya de Biskra
  • Chinese: Biskra Séng
  • Chinese: 比斯克拉省
  • Chinese: 比斯卡拉省
  • Czech: Biskra
  • Danish: Biskra
  • Dutch: Biskra
  • Esperanto: Provinco Biskra
  • Finnish: Biskra
  • Finnish: Biskran maakunta
  • French: Biskra
  • French: wilaya de Biskra
  • French: Wilaya de Biskra
  • Galician: Provincia de Biskra
  • Galician: Vilaia de Biskra
  • Georgian: ბისკრის პროვინცია
  • German: Biskra
  • German: DZ-07
  • German: Provinz Biskra
  • Greek: Επαρχία Μπίσκρα
  • Gujarati: બિસ્ક્ર્રા
  • Hindi: बिस्क्रा प्रांत
  • Hindi: बिस्क्रा
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Biskirah
  • Interlingua: Provincia de Biskra
  • Interlingua: Wilaya de Biskra
  • Irish: Cúige Biskra
  • Italian: Biskra
  • Italian: provincia di Biskra
  • Italian: Provincia di Biskra
  • Japanese: ビスクラ県
  • Kabyle: Tawilayt n Tbeskert
  • Kannada: ಬಿಸ್ಕ್ರಾ
  • Korean: 비스크라주
  • Ladino: Biskra
  • Ladino: Wilaya de Biskra
  • Latvian: Biskra
  • Lithuanian: Biskros vilaja
  • Lithuanian: Biskros vilajetas
  • Malay: Wilayah Biskra
  • Marathi: बिसकरा
  • Min Nan Chinese: Biskra Séng
  • Minangkabau: Provinsi Biskra
  • Northern Frisian: Biskra
  • Northern Sami: Biskra eanangoddi
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Biskra
  • Norwegian: Biskra
  • Persian: استان بسکره
  • Polish: Prowincja Biskira
  • Polish: Prowincja Biskra
  • Portuguese: Biskra
  • Romanian: Provincia Biskra
  • Russian: Бискра
  • Serbian: Бискра
  • Serbo-Croatian: Biskra (pokrajina)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Biskra
  • Sinhala: බිස්ක්‍රා
  • Slovenian: Biskra
  • Slovenian: DZ-07
  • South Azerbaijani: بسکره اوستانی
  • Spanish: Biskra
  • Spanish: Provincia de Biskra
  • Swahili: Jimbo ya Biskra
  • Swahili: Wilaya ya Biskra
  • Swedish: Biskra
  • Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Biskra
  • Tajik: Vilojati Biskra
  • Tajik: Вилояти Бискра
  • Tamil: பிஸ்க்ர
  • Telugu: బిస్క్రా
  • Thai: จังหวัดบิสกรา
  • Turkish: Biskra Vilayeti
  • Turkish: Biskra
  • Ukrainian: Біскра
  • Urdu: صوبہ بسکرہ
  • Vietnamese: Biskra
  • Waray (Philippines): Biskra
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ بسکرہ
  • Wu Chinese: 比斯克拉省
  • Zulu: Biskra Province

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