Bir el Ater

Bir El Ater بئر العاتر
District

Bir El Ater
Coordinates: 34°44′55″N 8°03′29″E / 34.74861°N 8.05806°E / 34.74861; 8.05806
Country	Algeria
Province	Tébessa Province
Districts	Bir El Ater
Area
• Total	588 sq mi (1,522 km²)
Population (2008)
• Total	100,000
• Density	170/sq mi (66/km²)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
Post code	12001

Bir el Ater (Arabic: بئر العاتر‎‎) is a city located in far eastern Algeria. It is located towards the border with Tunisia, around 87 kilometers south of Tebessa and just beyond the Sahara. The town has a population of approximately 100,000 inhabitants.

Bir el Ater is the type site of the Paleolithic Aterian industry. The term Aterian derives from el-Ater. This lithic culture lasted between 40000 – 20000 years BC.

It is now a mining city, located 15 km south of Bir El Ater. There are deposits of Djebel Onk Phosphates, the largest in Algeria which are extracted and shipped by train to Annaba a port, 300 km north on the Mediterranean or are used locally.

Historical population^[1]
Year	Population
1987	33,400
1998	53,200
2008	77,727
2010	100,000

References

↑ populstat.info

Tébessa Province

Capital: Tébessa

Districts	Bir El Ater Bir Mokadem Cheria El Aouïnet El Kouif El Ma Labiodh El Ogla Morsott Negrine Ouenza Oum Ali Tébessa

Communes	Aïn Zerga Bedjene Bekkaria Bir el-Ater Bir El Mokadem Bir Dheb Boukhadra Boulhaf Dir Cheria El Aouinet El Kouif El Ma El Biodh El Meridj El Mezerra El Ogla el Malha El Ogla Ferkane Guorriguer Hammamet Lahouidjbet Morsott Negrine Ouenza Oum Ali Safsaf El Ouesra Stah Guentis Tébessa Tlidjene

Coordinates: 34°44′59″N 8°03′28″E / 34.74972°N 8.05778°E / 34.74972; 8.05778

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