Béni Saf
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بني صاف Béni Saf |
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ N , 1 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ W | ||
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| Country | Algeria | ||
| Ain Temouchent | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | DZ-46 | ||
| surface | 61.3 km² | ||
| Residents | 43,802 (2010) | ||
| density | 714.6 Ew. / km² | ||
Béni Saf ( Arabic بني صاف) is a port city in northwest Algeria , about 80 km southwest of Oran . The port city was founded in 1876 to be able to ship iron ore , marble and the mineral onyx , which were mined in mines south of the city.
The port city is the transition point of the Hassi R'Mel – Almería natural gas pipeline , which runs from the Algerian gas field Hassi R'Mel to Almería in the south of Spain .
sons and daughters of the town
- Bernard-Henri Lévy (* 1948), French journalist and publicist
Web links
Commons : Béni Saf - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Site officiel de la wilaya d'Aïn Témouchent ( Memento of March 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Beni Saf, Store norske leksikon. Retrieved September 14, 2013 .