Beni Haoua

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Beni Haoua

Total population

20,853

Land area102 km²

Coordinates36.53°, 1.57°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Beni Haoua is a town and commune in Chlef Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 17,602. From 1911 to 1962, the town was known as Francis Garnier, after the French officer, inspector of Indigenous Affairs of Cochinchina and explorer, Francis Garnier.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

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

Nearby places in Chlef

• Doumia
  3.1 mi away
• Oued Goussine ⵡⴰⴷ ⴳⵓⵙⵉⵏ وادى قوسين
  4 mi away
• Bouzanaza
  4.5 mi away
• Leksour
  7.1 mi away
• Laghmounet El Bahri
  7.9 mi away
• Berrakmouche
  10.7 mi away
• Mrocha
  10.9 mi away
• Taharkoust
  11.5 mi away
• Vieux Ténès
  14.2 mi away
• Nadjari Dallas
  14.5 mi away
• Bouhniene Hbabza
  14.8 mi away
• Sidi Akacha
  15.3 mi away · pop. 26,595

Browse all places in Chlef →

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

Autumn Snowflake

Acis autumnalis

Seen 2026-10-13

Violet Dropwing

Trithemis annulata

Seen 2026-08-06

Algerian Freshwater Crab

Potamon algeriense

Seen 2026-07-13

ink plant

Coriaria myrtifolia

Seen 2026-07-05

Mediterranean buckthorn

Rhamnus alaternus

Seen 2026-07-05

wild cherry

Prunus avium

Seen 2026-06-05

Rose silene

Eudianthe coeli-rosa

Seen 2026-06-05

Spicate Venus'-looking-glass

Legousia falcata

Seen 2026-06-05

Galium scabrum

Galium scabrum

Seen 2026-06-05

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