Beni Abbes
Béni Abbès, also known as the Pearl of the Saoura, and also as the White Oasis, is a town and commune located in western Algeria in Béchar Province, 241 km from the provincial capital Béchar, and 1,200 km from Algiers.
- Type: City with 12,000 residents
- Description: town in Béchar Province, Algeria
- Also known as: “Bani Abbas”, “Bani Abbes”, “Beni abbes”, “Béni Abbès”, “Beni-Abbes”, “Béni-Abbés”, “Béni-Abbès”, “Benni abbes”, “الواحة البيضاء”, “بني عباس ⴰⵢⵜ ⵄⴱⴱⴰⵙ”, and “جوهرة الساورة”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Beni Abbes Museum and Béni Abbès Airport.
Beni Abbes
- Categories: commune of Algeria and locality
- Location: Daïra de Beni Abbes, Beni Abbes, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.13174° or 30° 7′ 54″ north
Longitude
-2.16903° or 2° 10′ 9″ west
Population
12,000
Elevation
471 metres (1,545 feet)
Open location code
8C2V4RJJ+M9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Beni Abbes” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Bani-Abaz”
- Amharic: “በኒ አበስ”
- Arabic: “بني عباس”
- Armenian: “Բենի Աբես”
- Azerbaijani: “Beni Abbas”
- Azerbaijani: “Bəni-Abbas”
- Bengali: “বেনি অ্যাবেস”
- Catalan: “Beni Abbes”
- Chinese: “貝尼阿巴斯”
- Croatian: “Béni Abbès”
- Czech: “Béni Abbès”
- Dutch: “Béni Abbès”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بنى عباس”
- Esperanto: “Beni-Abeso”
- Finnish: “Béni Abbès”
- French: “Beni Abbès”
- French: “Béni Abbès”
- German: “Bani Abbas”
- German: “Beni Abbes”
- German: “Béni Abbès”
- Greek: “Μπενί Αμπές”
- Hausa: “Beni Abbes”
- Hebrew: “בני עבאס”
- Hindi: “बेनी अब्बेस”
- Indonesian: “Beni Abbes”
- Italian: “Béni Abbès”
- Japanese: “ベニ・アッベス”
- Japanese: “ベニ・アベス”
- Javanese: “Beni Abbes”
- Kabyle: “Bni Ɛebbas”
- Kazakh: “Бени-Аббес”
- Kirghiz: “Бени-Аббес”
- Malay: “Beni Abbes”
- Malay: “Béni Abbes”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Béni Abbès”
- Northern Frisian: “Béni Abbès”
- Oromo: “Beni Abbes”
- Panjabi: “ਬੇਨੀ ਅਬਬਸ”
- Persian: “بنی عباس”
- Polish: “Bani Abbas”
- Portuguese: “Beni Abbes”
- Portuguese: “Béni Abbès”
- Pushto: “بنی عباس”
- Romanian: “Béni Abbès”
- Russian: “Бени-Аббес”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Béni Abbès”
- Somali: “Beni Abbes”
- Spanish: “Beni Abbes”
- Spanish: “Béni Abbès”
- Swahili: “Beni Abbes”
- Swedish: “Beni Abbès”
- Tajik: “Бени-Аббес”
- Tatar: “Бени-Аббес”
- Turkish: “Bani abès”
- Turkish: “Beni Abbes”
- Ukrainian: “Бені-Аббес”
- Urdu: “بنی عباس”
- Uzbek: “Beni Abbes”
- Vietnamese: “Beni Abbes”
- Vietnamese: “Béni Abbès”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Merhouma and Mazzer.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Gare Routière de Béni Abbès;المحطة البرية لنقل المسافرين بني عباس and Mosquée Okba Ibn Nafaa;مسجد عقبة ابن نافع.
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