Béni Abbès

Béni Abbès is the capital city of the Béni Abbès District in southwest Béchar Province, Algeria. It has a population of 13,000.

History

Initial settling

The first settlers in the area were from the Beni Hassan tribe; they migrated to Saguia el-Hamra and Mauritania in the 12^th century. Forty years after these first migrations, Mehdi Ben Youssef (Oulade Mehdi) came to Béni Abbès from Seguia el-Hamra with Ali Ben Moumen of the 'Arib tribe.

Sidi Ali Ben Yahia (Ouled Rahou), Alkhalfi bin Abdel Wassaa and Sidi Moussa Ben Ali (Ouled Ali Ben Moussa) come to the area in the ((fourteenth century)). They were separated in ksours until the arrival of Sidi Mouhamed bin Abd Eslam (mrabtine), who proposed the foundation of newksar in the palm in 1605.

A little later from Taleb Belkacem Ben Abdelah (Ouled Hamed) arrived in the area from Tmentite. The descendants of these people, along with the Haratines, made up the population of Ababsa. Another group of settlers, "Ghenanma" (Ouled Hamou) lived in an independent ksar.

French intervention in the March , ((1)) 1901.

Béni Abbès participated in the war of National Liberation between 1954 and 1962. In 1957, the inhabitants of the ksar of the palm were expelled by French troops, and were forced to build a new ksar.

In 1972, the management of the Saharan research center founded by the CNRS (current research centre on arid aera) was tranferred from the French authorities to the Algerian authorities and was dependent on the University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene (Bab Ezzouar, Algiers).

Tourism

Beni Abbes is a tourist town: every year takes place" 'Day Mouloud"' (birth of the prophet Mohammed) Alumni ksours. It is the occasion of the presentation of newborns the past year, and a big parade music with old rifles, in commemoration of peace between the tribes and the foundation of the ksar of the palm.

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Beni-Abbes includes (7 Ksour), some of which are still inhabited. The most beautiful is the" 'ksar placed at the heart of the palm"' (type single location in the Sahara), uninhabited since 1957 and undergoing restoration.

The palm is beautiful and in the shape of a scorpion, whose tail is dominated by a large red sand dune (the highest of the Grand Erg Occidental).

There is a pool municipal powered by a source of pure water exiting at 24º(warm in the winter, cool in summer).

At the beginning of the French conquest, from 1901 to 1905, Beni Abbes was inhabited by Father Charles de Foucauld (which is expected to reach Morocco). There he founded a hermitage, with a small chapel (prayer every night), still occupied by the Little Brothers of the Gospel and of the Little Sisters of Jesus. You can visit.

Saharan research center hosts a museum(collections of ethnography local geology, prehistory, and zoology), a zoo(very few animals but still present among them a large tortoise) and a botanical garden.

There are two hotels. Rym, located at the foot of the large dune, is 3 stars. Hotel Grand Erg, in the process of reopening, is cheaper and closer to the pool. Many opportunities for excursions and hikes in camel and on foot. Bus Station: access by coaches from Bechar (3h), Timimoun (4h), Adrar (4h) or Oran.

References

* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9078609/Beni-Abbes Encyclopædia Britannica - Beni Abbès]
*cite book| last=Khaldoun | first=Ibn | authorlink=Ibn Khaldoun | title=History of the Berbers ( _fr. Histoire des Berbères) fr icon