Bouchagroune

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Bouchagroune

Total population

13,124

Coordinates34.72°, 5.47°

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

Bouchagroune is a town and commune in Biskra Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 10,800.

Geography

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

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Ahmed Sahnoune

Algerian theologian and poet

D

Dadi El Hocine Mouaki

Algerian footballer

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Al-Hussein ibn Ali al-Tolgi

Ottoman Algerian sufi

Bel Hadj El Maafi

imam and Algerian/French resistance fighter

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

Nearby places in Biskra

• Lichana
  1.9 mi away · pop. 9,852
• Mekhadma
  4.7 mi away
• Tolga
  4.9 mi away · pop. 55,809
• Ourlal
  5.1 mi away
• Sehira
  6.2 mi away
• Bordj Ben Azzouz
  6.3 mi away · pop. 12,702
• M'Lili
  6.6 mi away
• Lioua
  6.8 mi away · pop. 21,416
• Foughala
  8.1 mi away · pop. 12,488
• El Hadjeb
  8.9 mi away · pop. 10,126
• El Ghrous
  10.4 mi away · pop. 16,408
• Bir Labreche
  12 mi away

Browse all places in Biskra →

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

Bassia muricata

Bassia muricata

Seen 2026-03-27

House × Spanish Sparrow

Passer domesticus × hispaniolensis

Seen 2026-03-27

North African Spiny-tailed Lizard

Uromastyx acanthinura

Seen 2025-05-23

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2019-02-08

Feral Pigeon

Columba livia domestica

Seen 2019-02-08

Black Wheatear

Oenanthe leucura

Seen 2019-02-08

Laughing Dove

Spilopelia senegalensis

Seen 2019-02-08

Great Grey Shrike

Lanius excubitor

Seen 2019-02-08

Blue Rock-Thrush

Monticola solitarius

Seen 2019-02-08

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

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Bouchagroune, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.