Saharan Atlas
The Saharan Atlas is the range of the Atlas Mountains inland of the high plateaus in northern Algeria.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
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Djelfa
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Djelfa is the capital city of Djelfa Province, Algeria and the site of ancient city and former bishopric Fallaba, which remains a Latin catholic titular see. It has a population of 520,622. The city lies at the junction of the N1 and the N46 roads.
Bechar
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Béchar is the capital city of Béchar Province, 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%.
Saharan Atlas
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,498 metres
- Description: mountains in Algeria
- Also known as: “Atlas”, “Atlas Mountains”, “Atlas Saharien”, and “El Atlas”
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Laghouat Province, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Saharan Atlas” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الأطلس الصحراوي”
- Asturian: “Atlas Saharien”
- Asturian: “Atles saḥarianu”
- Basque: “Saharako Atlasa”
- Belarusian: “Сахарскі Атлас”
- Bulgarian: “Сахарски Атлас”
- Catalan: “Atles Saharià”
- Cebuano: “Atlas Saharien”
- Central Kurdish: “ئەتلەسی بیابانی”
- Chinese: “撒哈拉-阿特拉斯”
- Chinese: “撒哈拉阿特拉斯山脉”
- Chinese: “撒哈拉阿特拉斯山脈”
- Czech: “Saharský Atlas”
- Czech: “Velký Atlas”
- Danish: “Sahariske Atlas”
- Dutch: “Sahara-Atlas”
- Dutch: “Saharan Atlas”
- Esperanto: “Sahara Atlaso”
- Estonian: “Sahara Atlas”
- Finnish: “Saharan Atlas”
- French: “Atlas saharien”
- Georgian: “საჰარის ატლასი”
- German: “Sahara-Atlas-Gebirge”
- German: “Sahara-Atlas”
- German: “Sahara-Atlasgebirge”
- German: “Saharaatlas-Gebirge”
- German: “Saharaatlas”
- German: “Saharaatlasgebirge”
- Greek: “Σαχαριανός Άτλαντας”
- Greek: “Σαχαριανός Άτλας”
- Hebrew: “אטלס הסהרה”
- Italian: “Atlante sahariano”
- Italian: “Atlante Sahariano”
- Japanese: “サハラ・アトラス山脈”
- Kazakh: “Сахара Атласы”
- Ladin: “Atlas dl Sahara”
- Lithuanian: “Sacharos Atlasas”
- Persian: “اطلس صحرایی”
- Polish: “Atlas Saharyjski”
- Portuguese: “Atlas Argeliano”
- Portuguese: “Atlas Saariano”
- Russian: “Сахарский Атлас”
- Slovak: “Veľký Atlas”
- Slovenian: “Saharski atlas”
- Slovenian: “Saharski Atlas”
- Spanish: “Atlas sahariano”
- Swedish: “Atlas Saharien”
- Swedish: “Sahara-Atlas”
- Turkish: “Sahra Atlası Dağları”
- Ukrainian: “Сахарський Атлас”
- Urdu: “صحراوی اطلس”
- Venetian: “Atlante Sahariano”
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