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Béchar ((アラビア語:بشار)) is the capital city of Béchar Province, Algeria. It is also a commune, coextensive with Béchar District, of Béchar Province. In 2008 the city had a population of 165,627, up from 134,954 in 1998,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.statoids.com/ydz.html )〕 with an annual growth rate of 2.1%.〔 The commune covers an area of . Before coal was found here in 1907, Béchar was a small populated town like many others in the region. It thrived on the activity of the coal mines until petroleum production seized the market. Leatherwork and jewellery are notable products of Béchar. Dates, vegetables, figs, cereals and almonds are produced near Béchar. There are bituminous coal reserves near Béchar, but they are not exploited to their greatest potential because of transportation costs are too high relative to that from the oil and gas fields of eastern Algeria.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/57873/Bechar )〕 The city was once the site of a French Foreign Legion post. The Kenadsa longwave transmitter, whose masts are the tallest structures in Algeria at , is found near Béchar.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0038756 )〕 ==Location== Béchar is located in the northwestern region of Algeria roughly south of the Moroccan border. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Béchar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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