Biskra Province
Biskra is a province of Algeria with its capital at Biskra. It is located on the northern edge of the Algerian Sahara, south of the Atlas Mountains. Geographically, Biskra Province is arid, but oases and rivers can be found, such as the Djedi River which flows through the province.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Sidi Okba
Town
Photo: Nerijp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sidi Okba is a commune in the Biskra Province, Algeria. It was named after the Muslim General Uqba ibn Nafi who died there in 683 AD. The nearest big city is Biskra which is located 18 km away.
Biskra Province
- Location: Algeria, North Africa, Africa
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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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