Beni Haoua (

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: بني حواء،

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: beni ħawāʔ, locally "بنيحوة, ''bniħowa")'' is a town and commune in

Chlef Province Chlef (, Berber: ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵛⵍⴻⴼ) (formerly known as El Asnam) is a province (''wilaya'') in Algeria. Its capital and biggest city is Chlef. It is the 8th most populous province in the country, having 1.356.151 inhabitants (20 ...

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 17,602.Statoids
/ref> From 1911 to 1962, the town was known as Francis Garnier, after the French officer, inspector of Indigenous Affairs of

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and explorer,

Francis Garnier Marie Joseph François Garnier (; 25 July 1839 – 21 December 1873) was a French officer, inspector of Indigenous Affairs of Cochinchina and explorer. He eventually became mission leader of the Mekong Expedition of 1866–68, Mekong Exploration C ...

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Communes of Chlef Province {{Chlef-geo-stub