Abadla

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Coordinates: 31°01′N 2°44′W / 31.017°N 2.733°W / 31.017; -2.733 Abadla is a larger town in the Sahara Desert of western Algeria near the border with Morocco. It is located in Béchar Province, where it is the capital of Abadla District. It is a major centre of the Arab Doui-Menia tribe. Its location along the Guir valley allows the growing of grain, facilitated in recent decades by the Djorf Torba dam.

Abadla was the terminus station of the Mediterranean-Niger-Railway.


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