Sidi Bel Abbès
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Sidi Bel Ab·bès | \ ˈsē-dē-ˌbel-ə-ˈbes 
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commune in northwestern Algeria population 210,000
Note: Sidi Bel Abbès was headquarters of the French Foreign Legion until Algeria's independence in 1962.
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