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Béchar

Northern Africa

Bechar is the capital city of Bechar Province in Algeria and also a commune coextensive with Bechar District. Its commune covers about 5,050 square kilometres and had a population of 165,627 in 2008, up from 134,954 in 1998, an annual growth rate of 2.1 percent.

Facts
Population
165,627 1
Elevation Band
Highland 2
Climate Zone
Dry 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 4
Sources
1. Wikidata: Bechar
Wikidata Q638704, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
2. Béchar (Wikipedia)
Infobox: elevation_m
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747
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 31.75, -2.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 31.75, -2.25
31.75 -2.25 BWh
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4. GeoNames: Béchar - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2505530, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 2505530, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
31.61667 -2.21667 P PPLA DZ 38 2505528 2505529 165241 780 Africa/Algiers
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Bechar (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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