Biskra Province

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Biskra Province is an administrative region in northeastern Algeria known for its Saharan landscapes, date palm oases, and role as a gateway between the Atlas Mountains and the desert.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Biskra Province canonical 4
Biskra region 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
province
administrativeCenter Biskra
borderedBy Batna Province
Djelfa Province
El Oued Province
Khenchela Province
M’Sila Province
linked to: M'Sila Province

Tébessa Province
capital Biskra
climate arid
contains El Kantara Gorge
Sidi Okba Mosque
Ziban oases
country Algeria
countrySubdivisionOf Algeria
economyBasedOn agriculture
date palm cultivation
tourism
hasAgriculturalActivity date palm irrigation oases
hasCity Biskra
El Kantara
Lichana
Ourlal
Sidi Okba
Tolga
hasGeographicalFeature Atlas Mountains foothills
Sahara Desert margin
hasNotableProduct deglet nour dates
hasSettlementType province
hasTouristAttraction desert landscapes
oasis resorts
hasTransportRole gateway between northern Algeria and Sahara
knownFor Saharan landscapes
Tolga dates
date palm oases
date production
gateway between Atlas Mountains and Sahara Desert
language Arabic
locatedIn northeastern Algeria
linked to: eastern Algeria
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time
officialLanguage Arabic
partOfRegion Aurès region
Sahara
linked to: Sahara Desert
usedLanguage Algerian Arabic
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic

Berber languages
utcOffset +1

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chaoui traditionalRegion Biskra Province
Uqba ibn Nafi deathPlace Biskra region
linked to: Biskra Province
Shawiya region Biskra Province
Shawiya language region Biskra Province
Aurès Mountains countrySubdivision Biskra Province