Béni Abbès Province

Béni Abbas Province

ولاية بني عباس
Béni Abbas Province ولاية بني عباس
Municipalities

The Wilaya of Béni Abbas (

Arabic

: ولاية بني عباس) is an Algerian Province created in 2019, previously, a delegated wilaya created in 2015. It is in the Algerian Sahara.

Geography

The wilaya of Béni Abbès is in the Algerian Sahara; its area is 101,350 km².

It is delimited:

to the north by the
Bechar Province and Morocco
;

to the east by the Timimoun Province;
to the west by the Tindouf Province;
and to the south by the Tindouf Province and Adrar Province.

The greater part of the province is uninhabitable sand dune fields (

Great Western Erg and the Erg Er Raoui, or dry plains (hamadas) suitable for grazing but with insufficient surface water to support agriculture. Most settlements are concentrated in oases along the Saoura valley and its tributaries. An aquifer under the Erg Er Raoui supports the main exception, Tabelbala

.

Natural resources include copper in the south in Djebel Ben Tagine.^[2]

History

The oases' traditional economic basis was agriculture, notably growing

zaouia (traditional religious school) is found at Kerzaz. The region also supported a substantial mainly Arab pastoralist nomadic population, notably the Ghenanma, Chaamba, and Reguibat; some of these still remain nomadic, but most have settled in the oases. Trans-Saharan trade

routes passing through this region played an important role in its economy in pre-modern times, but have at present been superseded.

Administrative divisions

The province is made up of 6

municipalities.^[3]

The districts are:

The municipalities are:

Beni Abbes
Beni Ikhlef
El Ouata
Igli
Kerzaz
Ksabi
Ouled Khoudir
Tabelbala
Tamtert
Timoudi

History

The wilaya of Béni Abbès was created on November 26, 2019 .

Previously, it was a

Bechar Province

.

Organization of the wilaya

During the administrative breakdown of 2015, the delegated wilaya of Béni Abbès is made up of 10 communes and 3 Districts

List of walis

References

^ Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on July 2, 2008.
^ "Mining Potentialities". Archived from the original on November 18, 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
^ "Dairas Et Communes" (in French). Site Officiel de la Wilaya de Bechar. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2013.

[Alg2008RGPH-1] Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on July 2, 2008.

[2] "Mining Potentialities". Archived from the original on November 18, 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2010.

[3] "Dairas Et Communes" (in French). Site Officiel de la Wilaya de Bechar. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2013.

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