Besbes
Besbes is a city in Algeria. 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.- Town with about 46,300 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- …is also known as “البسباس ⵍⴱⵙⴱⴰⵙ”
- Description: municipality of Algeria
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Latitude
36.7009° or 36° 42′ 3″ north
Longitude
7.8455° or 7° 50′ 44″ east
Open location code
8F89PR2W+95
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place = town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Besbes” goes by many names.
البسباسArabic
BesbesCebuano
貝斯貝斯Chinese
BesbesDutch
البسباسEgyptian Arabic
BesbesItalian
LbesbasKabyle
BesbesMalay
BesbesMin Nan Chinese
BesbesRomanian
BesbesSwedish
BesbesVietnamese
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