Béni Abbès

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This article is about the capital city. For the district, see Béni Abbès District.

Béni Abbès is the capital city of the Béni Abbès District in southwest Béchar Province, Algeria. It has a population of 13,000.

[edit] History

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The first settlers of the area were from the Beni Hassan tribe, but they ended up migrating to Saguia el-Hamra and Mauritania in the 12^th century. Forty years later, Mehdi Ben Youssef (Oulade Mehdi) came to Béni Abbès from Seguia el-Hamra with Ali Ben Moumen of the 'Arib tribe.

Sidi Ali Ben Yahia (Ouled Rahou) and Alkhalfi bin Abdel Wassaa and Sidi Moussa Ben Ali (Ouled Ali Ben Moussa) come to ((fourteenth century)). They were separated in ksours until the arrival of Sidi Mouhamed bin Abd Eslam (mrabtine), which had proposed the foundation of newksar in the palm 1605.

A little later from Tmentite comes Taleb Belkacem Ben Abdelah (Ouled Hamed). The association of the descendants of these people with haratines form the actual population Ababsa. Another population ( "Ghenanma") (Ouled Hamou) lives in a ksar independent.

French intervention in the March , ((1)) 1901.

Participation in the war National Liberation between 1954 and 1962. In 1957, the inhabitants of the ksar of the palm are expelled by the French troops, and must build a new ksar. In 1972, the management of Saharan research center founded by the CNRS (current research centre on arid aera) is transmitted from the French authorities to the Algerian authorities and depends from the University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene (Bab Ezzouar, Algiers).

[edit] Tourism

Beni Abbes is a tourist town: every year takes place 'Day Mouloud' (birth of the prophet Mohammed) Alumni ksours. It is the occasion of the presentation of newborns the past year, and a big parade music with old rifles, in commemoration of peace between the tribes and the foundation of the ksar of the palm.

Beni-Abbes includes (7 Ksour), some of which are still inhabited. The most beautiful is the ksar placed at the heart of the palm (type single location in the Sahara), uninhabited since 1957 and undergoing restoration. Allemand à : AnglaisAllemand à : FrançaisAnglais à : AllemandAnglais à : ArabeAnglais à : Chinois (simplifié)Anglais à : Chinois (traditionnel)Anglais à : CoréenAnglais à : EspagnolAnglais à : FrançaisAnglais à : GrecAnglais à : ItalienAnglais à : JaponaisAnglais à : NéerlandaisAnglais à : PortugaisAnglais à : RusseArabe à : AnglaisChinois à : AnglaisChinois (simplifié à : traditionnel)Chinois (traditionnel à : simplifié)Coréen à : AnglaisEspagnol à : AnglaisFrançais à : AllemandFrançais à : AnglaisGrec à : AnglaisItalien à : AnglaisJaponais à : AnglaisNéerlandais à : AnglaisPortugais à : AnglaisRusse à : Anglais Proposer une meilleure traduction

Beni-Abbes includes (7 Ksour), some of which are still inhabited. The most beautiful is the 'ksar placed at the heart of the palm' (type single location in the Sahara), uninhabited since 1957 and undergoing restoration.

The palm is beautiful and in the shape of a scorpion, whose tail is dominated by a large red sand dune (the highest of the Grand Erg Occidental).

There is a pool municipal powered by a source of pure water exiting at 24º(warm in the winter, cool in summer).

At the beginning of the French conquest, from 1901 to 1905, Beni Abbes was inhabited by Father Charles de Foucauld (which is expected to reach Morocco). There he founded a hermitage, with a small chapel (prayer every night), still occupied by the Little Brothers of the Gospel and of the Little Sisters of Jesus. You can visit.

Saharan research center hosts a museum(collections of ethnography local geology, prehistory, and zoology), a zoo(very few animals but still present among them a large tortoise) and a botanical garden.

There are two hotels. Rym, located at the foot of the large dune, is 3 stars. Hotel Grand Erg, in the process of reopening, is cheaper and closer to the pool. Many opportunities for excursions and hikes in camel and on foot. Bus Station: access by coaches from Bechar (3h), Timimoun (4h), Adrar (4h) or Oran.