Bechar

Béchar is the capital city of , Algeria. It is also a commune, coextensive with Béchar District, of Béchar Province. In 2008 the city had a population of 165,627, up from 134,954 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 2.1%.
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  • City with about 166,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 750 metres (2,450 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code CBH
  • Description: city and capital of Béchar Province, Algeria
  • Also known as
    “Colomb-Béchar”
    “بشار ⴱⴻⵛⵛⴰⵔ”

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Latitude
31.6163° or 31° 36′ 59″ north
Longitude
-2.2184° or 2° 13′ 6″ west
UN/LOCODE
DZ CBH
Open location code
8C3VJQ8J+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Zulu—“Bechar” goes by many names.
BecharAlbanian
በቻርAmharic
البشارArabic
بشارArabic
BécharAsturian
BəşarAzerbaijani
Bəşar (şəhər)Azerbaijani
BexarBasque
БешарBelarusian
БэшарBelarusian
বেকহারBengali
বেচারBengali
BécharCatalan
Colomb-BécharCatalan
BécharCebuano
可倫布比哈Chinese
貝沙爾Chinese
贝沙尔Chinese
BécharCzech
BišárCzech
BécharDanish
BécharDutch
بشارEgyptian Arabic
BeŝarEsperanto
BécharFinnish
Colomb-BécharFinnish
BécharHausa
בכרHebrew
בשארHebrew
बेचरHindi
बेशारHindi
BasyarIndonesian
BécharIndonesian
BécharItalian
ベシャールJapanese
BecharJavanese
BeccarKabyle
ಬೆಚಾರ್Kannada
БешарKazakh
Бешар қаласыKazakh
БешарKirghiz
베샤르Korean
Wilaya de BesharLadino
BešāraLatvian
BaššarLithuanian
BecharLithuanian
BešarasLithuanian
BasyarMalay
BécharMalay
बेकरMarathi
BécharMin Nan Chinese
BécharNorthern Frisian
BécharNorwegian
BécharNorwegian Bokmål
BecharOromo
ਬੇਚਾਰPanjabi
بشارPersian
بشار، الجزایرPersian
BaszszarPolish
BécharPolish
Colomb-BécharPolish
بشار، الجزايرPushto
بیشارPushto
BécharRomanian
БешарRussian
БешареRussian
BešarSerbo-Croatian
බෙචාර්Sinhala
BécharSlovenian
BecharSomali
بشار، الجزاییرSouth Azerbaijani
BécharSwahili
BécharSwedish
Colomb-BécharSwedish
БешарTajik
பேச்சார்Tamil
БешарTatar
బెచర్Telugu
เบชาร์Thai
BécharTumbuka
BécharTurkish
БешарUkrainian
بشارUrdu
بشار، الجزائرUrdu
بیشارUrdu
BecharUzbek
BesharUzbek
BécharVietnamese
BécharWaray (Philippines)
بشارWestern Panjabi
BécharZulu

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