Belkheir

Demographic figures from Office National des Statistiques (Algeria). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Belkheir is a town and commune in Guelma Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 17,649.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Abdelmalek Ziaya

Algerian association football player

Houari Boumédiène

Head of State of Algeria from 1965 to 1978

Yazid Sabeg

French businessman

A

Abdallah Baali

Algerian diplomat

A

Amari Saifi

Algerian Islamist leader

Amir Sayoud

Algerian footballer

B

Brahim Guerroui

Algerian caricaturist, editorial cartoonist and cartoonist (1951-1995)

F

Farid Ghazi

association football player from Algeria

Henri Medus

French singer and opera singer (1904-1985)

J

Jean-Claude Samuel

French association football player (1921-2015)

J

Jean-Louis Samuel

French association football player (1951-2003)

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Leïla Babès

French and Algerian sociologist, university professor and writer

L

Louis-Antoine Gaultier

French soldier (1898–1970)

Marcel Fiorini

French painter and engraver (1922-2008)

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Mustapha Seridi

Algerian association football player

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Slimane Benaïssa

Algerian actor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Guelma

• Salah Soufi
  1.7 mi away
• Boumahra Ahmed
  2.1 mi away · pop. 18,706
• باتنة الشابي ⴱⴰⵜⵏⴰ ⵛⵛⴰⴱⵉ
  3.8 mi away
• صالح السوفي ⵚⴰⵍⴻⵃ ⵙⵓⴼⵉ
  4.3 mi away
• حمام برادع ⵃⴻⵎⵎⴰⵎ ⴱⵔⴰⴷⴻⵄ
  4.3 mi away
• El Fedjoudj
  5 mi away · pop. 9,122
• Djabalah Khemissi
  5.2 mi away
• Guelaat Bou Sbaa
  5.7 mi away
• صالح الصفراني ⵚⴰⵍⴻⵃ ⵚⴻⴼⵔⴰⵏⵉ
  7 mi away
• Khezara
  7.2 mi away · pop. 10,382
• Beni Mezline
  7.2 mi away
• بن بعطوش ⴱⴻⵏ ⴱⴻⵄⵟⵓⵛ
  7.6 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Atlas Long-legged Buzzard

Buteo rufinus cirtensis

Seen 2026-08-16

Indian Milkweed Bug

Spilostethus pandurus

Seen 2026-08-09

Short-toed Snake-Eagle

Circaetus gallicus

Seen 2026-07-27

Egyptian Mongoose

Herpestes ichneumon

Seen 2026-07-27

African Wolf

Canis lupaster

Seen 2026-07-13

Eurasian Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

Seen 2026-06-07

Blue Rock-Thrush

Monticola solitarius

Seen 2026-06-07

Andalusian wall lizard

Podarcis vaucheri

Seen 2026-06-07

North African Ocellated Lizard

Timon pater

Seen 2026-06-07

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).