Sidi Okba District

Sidi Okba District is a district of Biskra Province, Algeria.

Sidi Okba District
Country Algeria
ProvinceBiskra Province
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Municipalities

The district has 4 municipalities:[1]

In Sidi Okba there is a tomb in the Al-Shurafa cemetery in which the old leader Abu al-Muhajir Dinar is buried together with 300 other people. He was the emir of the Umayyad empire.

References

  1. "Dairas et Communes" (in French). Site Officiel de la Wilaya de Béchar. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.

34°45′N 5°54′E


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