Poste Maurice Cortier
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Poste Maurice Cortier was a desert halt in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria
. It can be found along the way from Algiers
to the French Sudan
.
It became popularly known as Bidon 5 because its sign board was an empty gas-can with the numeral 5 painted upon it; and bidon is French for "gas-can".
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
. It can be found along the way from Algiers
Algiers
' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...
to the French Sudan
French Sudan
French Sudan was a colony in French West Africa that had two separate periods of existence, first from 1890 to 1899, then from 1920 to 1960, when the territory became the independent nation of Mali.-Colonial establishment:...
.
It became popularly known as Bidon 5 because its sign board was an empty gas-can with the numeral 5 painted upon it; and bidon is French for "gas-can".