Béchar

Béchar (Béchar) is an Algerian city and a regional municipality center of the province of Béchar. It was called Colomb-Béchar (French: Colomb-Béchar) during the French colonization of Algeria.

Bashar is the capital of the Saoura region and the center of the third military area, with a population of 171,724. The city is 950 km south-west of Algiers and 852 km northeast of the border town of Tindouf. It is located less than 85 km south of the Moroccan border and its supervision of most of the country's southwest transportation routes has made it a very strategic location.

Before coal was found in 1907, Bashar was a small town that flourished as a result of the mining activity until the emergence of oil and seizure of the market.

The city is also known for its leather and jewelry industry and the production of dates, vegetables, figs, grains and almonds in the suburbs.

Near Bashar, the long-wave transmitter is located in El-Kenadasa and represents the tallest building in Algeria.