City profile · Algeria · Africa
Béchar
Bechar · Algeria
City population
165,241
#20
in Algeria
#3,447
worldwide
31.617, -2.217 · 749 km from Algiers
About Béchar
Béchar is a city in Bechar, Algeria with a population of 165,241. It is the 20th largest of the 294 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Algeria, and the 3,447th largest worldwide. It lies 749 km from Algiers.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Bechar
Elevation
780 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Algiers
Coordinates
31.617, -2.217
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 294 in AlgeriaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.