Besbes

Besbes is a city in . It was founded by the French in the early 19th century 1868 as a colonial district "Commune". It was given the name of Randon after the French Army general Jacques Louis Randon, but the local population used to call the area "Besbes" which was given to the city as a formal name after Algeria's independence in 1962.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 46,300 residents
  • Description: municipality of Algeria
  • Also known as: “البسباس ⵍⴱⵙⴱⴰⵙ”

Besbes

Latitude
36.7009° or 36° 42′ 3″ north
Longitude
7.8455° or 7° 50′ 44″ east
Population
46,300
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
8F89PR2W+95
Open­Street­Map ID
node 462023183
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2504072
Wiki­data ID
Q1649634
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Besbes” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “البسباس”
  • Cebuano: “Besbes”
  • Chinese: “Besbes”
  • Chinese: “貝斯貝斯”
  • Dutch: “Besbes”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “البسباس”
  • French: “Besbes”
  • French: “Randon”
  • German: “Besbes”
  • Italian: “Besbes”
  • Kabyle: “Lbesbas”
  • Malay: “Besbes”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Besbes”
  • Portuguese: “Besbes”
  • Romanian: “Besbes”
  • Swedish: “Besbes”
  • Vietnamese: “Besbes”

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