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Béni Abbas Province ولاية بني عباس
Province
Beni-Abbés Oued saoura
Map of Algeria highlighting Béni Abbès
Coordinates:30°08′00″N2°10′00″W / 30.13333°N 2.16667°W /30.13333; -2.16667
Country	Algeria
Established	December 18, 2019
Capital	Béni Abbès
Government
• Wāli	Boubakar Lansari
Area
• Total	101,350 km2 (39,130 sq mi)
Elevation	276 m (906 ft)
Population  (2008)[1]
• Total	50,163
• Density	0.49495/km2 (1.2819/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
Area code	+213 (0) 49
ISO 3166 code	DZ-01
Districts	6
Municipalities	10

Béni Abbas (Arabic:ولاية بني عباس) is aprovince in southwesternAlgeria. Created in 2019, previously, a delegated wilaya created in 2015. It is in the Algerian Sahara.

The wilaya of Béni Abbès is in theAlgerian Sahara; its area is 101,350 km².

It is delimited:

• to the north by theBéchar Province andMorocco;
• to the east by theTimimoun Province;
• to the west by theTindouf Province;
• and to the south by theTindouf Province andAdrar Province.

The greater part of the province is uninhabitable sand dune fields (ergs), in particular theGreat Western Erg and the Erg Er Raoui, or dry plains (hamadas) suitable for grazing but with insufficient surface water to support agriculture. Most settlements are concentrated in oases along theSaoura valley and its tributaries. An aquifer under the Erg Er Raoui supports the main exception,Tabelbala.

Natural resources includecopper in the south in Djebel Ben Tagine.^[2]

The oases' traditional economic basis was agriculture, notably growingdate palms andgrain. The inhabitants ofIgli speakBerber, and those ofTabelbala aSonghay language,Korandje; elsewhere, Arabic is spoken. Many of the oases had significant populations ofharatin orshurfa. A notablezaouia (traditional religious school) is found atKerzaz. The region also supported a substantial mainly Arabpastoralist nomadic population, notably theGhenanma,Chaamba, andReguibat; some of these still remain nomadic, but most have settled in the oases.Trans-Saharan trade routes passing through this region played an important role in its economy in pre-modern times, but have at present been superseded.

The province is made up of 6districts and 10municipalities.^[3]

The districts are:

The municipalities are:

The wilaya of Béni Abbès was created on November 26, 2019.

Previously, it was adelegated wilaya, created according to the law n° 15–140 of May 27, 2015, creating administrative districts in certain wilayas and fixing the specific rules related to them, as well as the list of municipalities that are attached to it. Before 2019, it was attached to theBéchar Province.

During the administrative breakdown of 2015, the delegated wilaya of Béni Abbès is made up of 10communes and 3Districts

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