Biskra is the main city of the Zibans region and the administrative capital of Biskra Province in Algeria. Its population was recorded as 307,987 in 2007. Located in northeastern Algeria at the edge of the Sahara Desert, it is nicknamed the Queen of the Zibans, the Door of the Desert, and the Saharan Nice, and has long served as a crossroads between cities to the north and south.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Biskra (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: population_total
204,661
- In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Biskra (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 34.85, longitude 5.733333
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 87 m
P2046 (area)
area 127.55 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population (2008)
View the Source3. GeoNames: Biskra - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2503826
34.85038 5.72805 P PPLA DZ 19 204661 115 Africa/Algiers
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 115 m
View the Source 4. 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 34.75, 5.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 34.75, 5.75
34.75 5.75 BWh
Wikidata: Biskra
Wikidata Q312759, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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