Sidi Bel Abbès Province

Sidi Bel Abbes The Province (Arabic ولاية سيدي بلعباس, DMG Wilāyat Sīdī Bu -l ʿ Abbās ) is a province ( wilaya ) in northwestern Algeria.

The province is located in the Tell Atlas, near the Moroccan border, it includes the city of Sidi Bel Abbes, together with their surrounding countryside and has an area of ​​8,306 km2.

Around 565,000 people ( 2006 estimate ) live in the province, the population density is thus about 68 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The economy of the province is dominated by agriculture, mainly by grain cultivation, in the town of Sidi Bel Abbes itself there are also food processing and electronic industries.

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