El Bayadh () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

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. It is the capital of

El Bayadh Province El Bayadh (Arabic: ولاية البيض) is a province (''wilaya'') in Algeria, named after its capital El Bayadh. It is surrounded by mountains from the South, North, and Northeast of the state. History The province was created from Saïda Pr ...

. This town was known as ''Géryville'' during the French colonization of Algeria.

Geography

The Ksour Range is a

mountainous A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher th ...

area extending between

Figuig Figuig or Figig ( ar, فجيج; Figuig Berber: Ifeyyey) is an oasis town in eastern Morocco near the Atlas Mountains, on the border with Algeria. The town is built around an oasis of date palms, called ''Tazdayt'', meaning "palm tree" in the B ...

and El Bayadh. The record of 51.3 °C degrees, which was on 2 September 1979, is disputed.

References

Communes of El Bayadh Province Province seats of Algeria Algeria El Bayadh Province {{ElBayadh-geo-stub