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Bordj Bounaama
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Bordj Bounaama
Total population
20,864
Demographic figures from Office National des Statistiques (Algeria). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Bordj Bounaama is a small, mountainous town of about 25,000 inhabitants in the heart of the Ouarsenis mountains in northwestern Algeria. The city is a commune and a daïra of the wilaya of Tissemsilt. It was known as Molière during the French occupation of Algeria (1830–1962), and then as Beni Hendel until 1975. The city is elevated 1098 m above sea level and is attached to Sid Aamar of the Ouarsenis mountains, which rises to 1985 m.
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Nearby places in Tissemsilt
- Tamalaht2.7 mi away
- Boucaid2.7 mi away · pop. 8,843
- Hammam Sidi Slimane3.6 mi away · pop. 8,461
- Ain Antar4.5 mi away
- Beni Lahcene4.8 mi away
- Lazharia6.7 mi away · pop. 8,071
- Guenancha7 mi away
- Dar El Kaïd8.1 mi away
- Lardjem8.1 mi away · pop. 25,217
- Sidi Abed8.8 mi away
- Tamezlayt8.8 mi away
- Beni Chaib10.4 mi away
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- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API