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	Biskra Eden of Algerie - Biskra -
		Biskra is the centre of the Zab group of oases located in the depression between the Aurès Massif and the Tell Atlas Mountains.
		Biskra is well-connected with other urban centres in Algeria, with road, rail and a national airport.
		National tourism is also of importance to Biskra, due to its nice winter climate and sulphur springs "Hammam Salhine", which are used both for recreation and the treatment of rheumatism and skin diseases.
	www.eden-algerie.com /index_english.htm (572 words)

	Biskra
		Biskra is the centre of the Zab group of oases located in the depression between the Aurès Mountains and the Tell Atlas Mountains.
		It is the capital of Biskra province with 650,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate) and an area of 20,986 km².
		National tourism is also of importance to Biskra, due to its nice winter climate and sulfur springs, which are used both for recreation and the treatment of rheumatism and skin diseases.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/biskra.htm (254 words)

	Islamic Tourism Magazine
		When the airplane landed in the Wilaya (province) of Biskra, arriving from the capital Algiers, the Arab and foreign guests (journalists and European tour operators) were received by the Wali (Governor), his assistants and the people in charge of the tourism sector.
		The inhabitants of the province of Biskra spoil their city by calling it the Sugar City - its dates (Deglet) are the sweetest in the world and so transparent that light passes through them.
		Biskra is also a cradle of civilization, science and culture.
	www.islamictourism.com /news_E.php?id=1975 (752 words)

	Tebessa
		City in north-eastern Algeria with 170,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate), at an elevation of 960 metres, in the Aurès Mountains, 20 km from the border to Tunisia.
		It is the capital of Tebessa province with 610,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate) and an area of 14,227 km².
		Tebessa's economy is based upon a mixture of phosphate mining in el-Kouif 15 km northeast, trade in sheep, esparto grass, and grain.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/tebessa.htm (193 words)

	Insurgency in Algeria
		In all, about 180 insurgents are said to be active in Boumerdès, the province neighboring Algiers to the east.
		In the nonwestern province of Chlef, there are also insurgents active in the Ouarsenis Mountains.
		In the extreme south of the Sahara desert, the GSPC has apparently failed in several attempts to smuggle arms and weapons from the Sahel to the north of the country.
	www.north-africa.com /opensource/story1-sep0406.htm (562 words)

	Biskra, Algeria, Pictures
		Fort Saint Germain, which was an important French military post during the French occupation of Algeria, is situated here.
		The Arab conqueror of North Africa, Okba, was killed near the town; his tomb bears the oldest known Arabic inscription in North Africa.
		In 1844, after centuries of Moorish rule, Biskra was seized by the French.
	www.greatestcities.com /Africa/Algeria/Biskra_town.html (154 words)

	Africa - Province of the Roman Empire
		Caesar defeated Juba at the battle of Thapsus in 46 BCE, and with this victory, all of North Africa was firmly and permanently in the control of Rome.
		Thereafter, and until later reforms by Septimius Severus after 192 CE, North Africa was divided into several provinces: Mauretania Tingitana, Mauretania Caesariensis, Numidia and Africa Proconsularis (or Africa Nova and Vetus).
		Romans settled and developed the area around Sitifis in the second century, but the influence of Rome beyond the original Carthaginian territories, the coastal regions and areas easily accessable by road was slow to develop.
	www.unrv.com /provinces/africa.php (862 words)

	Algeria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Algeria is currently divided into 48 wilayas (provinces), 553 dairas (counties) and 1,541 baladiyahs (municipalities).
		The capital and the largest city of each Algerian wilaya, daira, and baladiyah always has the same name as the wilaya, the daira, or the baladiyah it is located in.
		Dairat Labguer massacre - Dellys - Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto - Demographics of Algeria - Jacques Derrida - Mohammed Dib - Abdallah Djaballah - Djanet - Tahar Djaout - Assia Djebar - Djelfa - Djelfa Province - Djezzy GSM - Donatist - Drusilla of Mauretania - Drusilla of Mauretania -.dz
	libraryoflibrary.com /E_n_c_p_d_Algeria.html (4659 words)

	Biskra, Algeria, 1943
		At the market in Biskra medicine men plied their ancient craft.
		This particular individual was applying a mix of ostrich shell, salt and lizard oil to a little girl's eye, swollen from conjunctivitis.
		Eye disease was endemic on the desert and cleanliness was an idea whose time had not come.
	digitallibrary.smu.edu /cul/gir/ww2/mcsc/nafrica/pages/mcs021na.htm (89 words)

	KnoxNews: National
		There were no immediate reports of casualties after Durian lashed the eastern island province of Catanduanes.
		Report: 10 suspected militants killed in Algeria ALGIERS, Algeria - Ten suspected Islamist militants were killed in clashes with the Algerian army, which was conducting sweeps in remote mountainous regions, the Al Khabar newspaper reported Thursday.
		The militants were killed in two separate clashes Tuesday night in the neighboring Biskra and Batna regions, some 250 miles southeast of the capital, Algiers.
	www.knoxnews.com /kns/national/article/0,1406,KNS_350_5181598,00.html (259 words)

	Workman: Algerian Memories
		In the last week of March we saw ice an eighth of an inch thick one morning in the Province of Constantine, and found the climate rough and disagreeable.
		South of the mountains in the Sahara, as at Biskra and Laghouat, the climate is rather milder in winter than on the coast, and the number of sunny days much greater.
		Biskra, which can now be reached by rail, is being advertised as a winter health resort.
	erc.lib.umn.edu /dynaweb/travel/workalge/@Generic__BookTextView/124 (1260 words)

	Algeria Provinces
		I adjusted the 1998 populations of four provinces by one or two each, bringing the total closer to the reported figure.
		The provinces are subdivided into 160 dayrat (sub-prefectures), and further into 1,541 communes.
		The new provinces were predominantly formed by taking the old departments as they were, or by splitting them into two provinces.
	www.statoids.com /udz.html (1526 words)

	Algeria, Landmine Monitor Report 2006
		ONAAPH has regional branches in the provinces of Tizi Ouzou, Blida, Biskra and in the city of Touggourt, production centers in Béjaïa and Médéa provinces, and satellite centers or referral units in all parts of the country.
		In September 2006, HI planned to expand its coordination activities to the mine-affected provinces of Tébessa, El Tarf and Souk Ahras in the east, and Béchar and Naâma in the west, as well as the terrorism-affected areas of Relizane and Jijel.
		HI aims to improve knowledge of victim assistance issues at local and provincial levels, assist organizations in strategy development, advocacy and capacity-building, as well as create a platform and links between the organizations and with the institutions with which HI is already working.
	www.icbl.org /lm/country/algeria (6126 words)

	Illizi Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The province is divided into three Daïras: in the northern zone, the Daïra of In Aménas, the Daïra containing the capital, the Daïra of Illizi, and the Daïra of Djanet.
		Apart from the chief towns of a commune, there are a number of secondary localities.
		This page was last modified 22:25, 19 October 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Illizi (147 words)

	Constantine, Algeria, Pictures
		Constantine, city, northeastern Algeria, capital of Constantine Province.
		It is a center for the manufacture of leather and leather goods and woolen and linen goods.
		It has considerable trade in these products and in cereal grains with Algiers, Tunis, Annaba, Biskra, and Skikda, the last-named serving as the port of Constantine.
	www.greatestcities.com /Africa/Algeria/Constantine_city.html (171 words)

	Abdelbaki Sahraoui (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		SHAIKH Abdelbaki was born in 1910 in Constantine.
		He learned Qur'an in Kiryat Farfar, Biskra province.
		He got his primary certificate in French, 1925.
	www.library.cornell.edu /colldev/mideast/sahraui.htm (1112 words)

	List of Algeria-related topics
		Dairat Labguer massacre - Dellys - Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto - Demographics of Algeria - Jacques Derrida - Mohammed Dib - Abdallah Djaballah - Djanet - Tahar Djaout - Assia Djebar - Djelfa - Djelfa Province - Djezzy GSM - Donatist - Drusilla of Mauretania -.dz
		Mohamed Ali Darradji (1927-2002) born and raised in Kairouan (tunisia) son of Hamza and fatima Darradji.
		Party of Algerian Renewal - Petite Kabylie - Pied-noir - Provinces of Algeria - Politics of Algeria - Prehistory of Central North Africa - President of Algeria - Prime Minister of Algeria - Ptolemy of Mauretania
	www.link-ex.net /wiki_en/?title=List_of_Algeria-related_topics (599 words)

	Amazon.com: The desert gateway,: Biskra and thereabouts,: Books: S. H Leeder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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	www.amazon.com /desert-gateway-Biskra-thereabouts/dp/B0008589W8 (424 words)

	The Cutting Edge of Tectonics
		The Wasatch Range is being displaced upward relative to Salt Lake valley to accommodate the east-west stretching of the Basin and Range province.
		Looking at the plot left, which shows the upward motion, it can be seen that some six earthquakes have occurred in the last 9,000 years, giving a total upward movement of 16 meters (about 50 feet).
		Based on its cosmogenic nuclides, the Biskra alluvial fan formed about 32,000 years ago, while its offset shows that the average rate of movement of this part of the San Andreas has been about 22 millimeters a year over that time span.
	pr.caltech.edu /periodicals/EandS/articles/LXVI/tectonics.html (4682 words)

	January 2003 News Monitor - Prevent Genocide International
		The rebels had been taken prisoner by the army on Tuesday after clashes in neighbouring Ruyigi province, near the border with Tanzania, despite a historic peace deal signed by President Pierre Buyoya and FDD leader Pierre Nkurunziza in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha on December 3.
		The situation in the country since most of the foreign troops involved on either side of the conflict withdrew last year has been aggravated by renewed heavy fighting in the northeast, as local forces jockey for control of territory and considerable natural resources.
		Eight pygmies taking part in the seminar came from the neighbouring Republic of Congo while the 22 from the DRC were from the provinces of Bandundu, Katanga, and Orientale.
	www.preventgenocide.org /prevent/news-monitor/2003jan.htm (19055 words)

	Report: Algerian Army Tracks Down Al Qaeda Fighters (Reuters) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The death toll from the ambush climbed to 49 after two soldiers died from their injuries Tuesday, Le Matin said.
		The newspaper said government forces, combing areas near the attack scene in southern Biskra province, killed four rebels.
		The newspaper said Saadaoui planned attacks against senior Algerian government officials, with the help of the two men, part of a larger band of al Qaeda members who crossed into Algeria from Libya and set up bases in the northeastern areas.
	www.intelmessages.org /Messages/National_Security/wwwboard/messages_02/3226.html (472 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - World
		Islamic rebels ambushed a convoy of government forces, killing 43 persons, in what is believed to be the worst single rebel assault in Algeria in the past six years, the daily Le Matin reported today.
		The attack, which also left 19 persons seriously injured, came yesterday near Theniet el Abed village in Biskra province, 320 km south of Algiers, the daily said.
		The first batch of 200 Indian Haj pilgrims were warmly welcomed in Jeddah by Ambassador Talmiz Ahmed, Consul-General Syed Akbaruddin and other officials.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2003/20030106/world.htm (2293 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - A line of true Bastards. An a-historical England AAR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The province of Bizerte fell into the hands of William’s men at the end of the same year.
		We were besieging the province of Malaga, near the Pillars of Hercules when his majesty passed away quietly in the night.
		An army led by Guy duke of Salisbury laid siege to Biskra, which was amazingly without any fortification and were reinforced by some of King William’s men, commanded by the unremarkable, in fact darn near anonymous Fulk de Saint Nylan.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showthread.php?t=193045 (7768 words)

	The Annotated Ramsar List: Algeria
		Potential threats include pollution from urban and industrial waste water; over-exploitation of water, salt, sand, and soil; over-grazing and deforestation for firewood.
		04/06/03; El Oued, Biskra, Khenchela; 551,500 ha; 34°15'N 006°19'E. A large complex of seasonal salt lakes and pools and freshwater pools, representative of arid and hyper-arid saharan environments.
		Of the characteristic type of vegetated chott surrounding sebkha, or salt lake, entirely devoid of vegetation, the site is remarkable for lying at the lowest point in the Sahara desert, 35 meters below sea level.
	ramsar.org /profile/profiles_algeria.htm (5987 words)

	World Environment Day 2006 - United Nations Environment Programme
		Friends of the Environment also participated in the WED awareness-building activities, organized from 3 to 5 June by the environment directorate of the Biskra Wilaya, by putting together an exhibition on desertification and arid areas.
		To celebrate World Environment Day, National Youth Council Benin (NYC-BENIN) and Agency of Young Reporters of Environment, Habitat and Health in Benin (AYOREHB) are organizing a march in the south-east region of Benin, precisely in Pobe, to sensitize on the risks of trees cutting.
		The students, who are from schools in South Africa, will present their science projects on desert habitats "The Chemistry of the Desert" for assessment on World Environment Day 2006.
	www.unep.org /wed/2006/english/Around_the_World/inspiring.asp (8002 words)

	Islamic History (Chronology)
		In North Africa Uqba b Nafe marches to the Atlantic, is ambushed and killed at Biskra.
		This was also the end of 1000 years of Muslim rule over India.
		Imam Shamil laid down arms before Russian forces and the Islamic State of Daghestan became a Russian province.
	www.barkati.net /english/chronology.htm (8011 words)

	Provinces of Algeria at AllExperts
		Map of the provinces of Algeria in alphabetical order.
		Algeria is currently divided into 48 wilayas, or provinces.
		The administrative divisions have changed several times since independence.
	en.allexperts.com /e/p/pr/provinces_of_algeria.htm (195 words)

	L'Espace géographique 3/01
		Their graphical combination provides an accurate picture of Argentina’s spatial organisation and their logical combination offers a tool for regionalisation.
		The concentration of investment in the main town of each wilaya has led to two-tier urbanisation and primate distribution.
		This process is analysed in Biskra, which is no longer able to meet the needs of the population of its wilaya.
	www.mgm.fr /english/EG301eR.html (761 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Administrative divisions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		32 provinces (velayat, singular - velayat); Badakhshan, Badghis, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamian, Farah, Faryab, Ghazni, Ghowr, Helmand, Herat, Jowzjan, Kabol, Kandahar, Kapisa, Khowst, Konar, Kondoz, Laghman, Lowgar, Nangarhar, Nimruz, Nurestan, Oruzgan, Paktia, Paktika, Parvan, Samangan, Sar-e Pol, Takhar, Vardak, and Zabol
		20 provinces (khett, singular and plural) and 4 municipalities* (krong, singular and plural); Banteay Mean Cheay, Batdambang, Kampong Cham, Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Spoe, Kampong Thum, Kampot, Kandal, Kaoh Kong, Keb, Kracheh, Mondol Kiri, Otdar Mean Cheay, Pailin, Phnum Penh, Pouthisat, Preah Seihanu, Preah Vihear, Prey Veng, Rotanah Kiri, Siem Reab, Stoeng Treng, Svay Rieng, Takev
		10 provinces and 3 territories; Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory
	permanent.access.gpo.gov /lps35389/2003/2051.html (3617 words)

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