Besbes

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Besbes (Arabic: بسباس ) is a city in Algeria.

It was founded by the French in the early 20th century (1930-1940) as a colonial village. It was given the name of Randon after the French Army general Jacques Louis Randon, but the local population used to call the area "Oued Besbes" or "Besbes" which was given to the city as an official name after Algeria's independence in 1962. Besbes is located in the west of El Tarf Province, 24km to the south of Annaba. The city is surrounded by agricultural land (Annaba plain). During the French rule, the new village was inhabited by rich Pied-Noir families who own most of the surrounding farms.

In addition to the original families who used to live in the area even before the construction of Randon (Nacer, Zemahri, Dhorbani, Dokani, Djemil..etc), waves of immigrants started to flow to the city after independence. Nowadays, Besbes is a city of more than 43,000 inhabitants.

Film maker Karim Traidia is from Besbes.