El Tarf Province
Dréan District
Chihani

Chihani Bachir

Chihani is a town and commune in , . According to the 1998 census it has a population of 9,234.
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  • Type: Village with 10,100 residents
  • Description: commune and town in El Taref Province, Algeria
  • Also known as: “Chihani”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dréan and Besbes.

Town
Photo: Sandervalya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small coastal town in , 25 km south of , in . According to the 2008 census It has a population of 37,686. It was founded by French settlers under the name Mondovi in 1848 and remained as Mondovi until 1962, when Algeria declared its independence and most of the French residents of the town chose to leave. is situated 5 km northwest of Chihani Bachir.

Town
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. is situated 8 km northeast of Chihani Bachir.

Chihani Bachir

Latitude
36.64736° or 36° 38′ 51″ north
Longitude
7.77803° or 7° 46′ 41″ east
Population
10,100
Open location code
8F89JQWH+W6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1292401623
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q2963539
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Chihani Bachir” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الشيحاني”
  • Arabic: “شيحاني بشير”
  • Chinese: “Chihani”
  • Chinese: “希哈尼”
  • Dutch: “Chihani”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الشيحانى”
  • French: “Barral”
  • French: “Chihani Bachir”
  • French: “Chihani”
  • Galician: “Chihani”
  • German: “Chihani”
  • Italian: “Chihani”
  • Kabyle: “Cciḥani”
  • Malay: “Chihani”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chihani”
  • Persian: “شیحانی”
  • Portuguese: “Chihani”
  • Romanian: “Chihani”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شیحانی”
  • Spanish: “Chihani”
  • Vietnamese: “Chihani”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chihani Bachir”. Photo: Daggett.fr, CC BY-SA 2.0.