Biskra Palms, California

Biskra Palms
Unincorporated community
Biskra Palms Location in California
Coordinates: 33°47′24″N 116°15′11″W / 33.79000°N 116.25306°W / 33.79000; -116.25306Coordinates: 33°47′24″N 116°15′11″W / 33.79000°N 116.25306°W / 33.79000; -116.25306
Country	United States
State	California
County	Riverside County
Elevation^[1]	95 m (312 ft)

Biskra Palms is an unincorporated community in Riverside County, California.^[1] It lies at an elevation of 312 feet (95 m).^[1] Biskra Palms is located 12.5 miles (20.1 km) east of Cathedral City.^[2]

The name was bestowed after palms were imported from the Algerian city of Biskra.^[2]

References

1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Biskra Palms, California
1 2 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1395. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

Municipalities and communities of Riverside County, California, United States

County seat: Riverside

Cities	Banning Beaumont Blythe Calimesa Canyon Lake Cathedral City Coachella Corona Desert Hot Springs Eastvale Hemet Indian Wells Indio Jurupa Valley La Quinta Lake Elsinore Menifee Moreno Valley Murrieta Norco Palm Desert Palm Springs Perris Rancho Mirage Riverside San Jacinto Temecula Wildomar

CDPs	Aguanga Anza Bermuda Dunes Cabazon Cherry Valley Coronita Crestmore Heights Desert Center Desert Edge Desert Palms East Hemet El Cerrito El Sobrante French Valley Garnet Glen Avon Good Hope Green Acres Highgrove Home Gardens Homeland Idyllwild-Pine Cove Indio Hills Lake Mathews Lake Riverside Lakeland Village Lakeview March ARB Mead Valley Meadowbrook Mecca Mesa Verde Mira Loma Mountain Center North Shore Nuevo Oasis Pedley Ripley Romoland Rubidoux Sky Valley Sunnyslope Temescal Valley Thermal Thousand Palms Valle Vista Vista Santa Rosa Warm Springs Whitewater Winchester Woodcrest

Unincorporated communities	Alberhill Alessandro Arcilla Arnold Heights Belltown Biskra Palms Bly Bonnie Bell Box Springs Cactus City Cahuilla Cahuilla Hills Chiriaco Summit Desert Beach East Blythe Edgemont El Cariso Gilman Hot Springs La Cresta Lost Lake Mortmar North Palm Springs Pinyon Pines Radec Rancho Capistrano River Bend Lodge Sage Sun City Palm Desert Valerie

Indian reservations	Agua Caliente Band Augustine Band Cabazon Band Cahuilla Band Colorado River Indian Reservation Los Coyotes Band Morongo Band Pechanga Band Ramona Band Santa Rosa Band Soboba Band Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians Twenty-Nine Palms Band

Ghost towns	Alamo Bonito Auld Bergman Bradshaw's Ferry Caleb Dos Palmas Eagle Mountain Hell La Placita Leon Linda Rosa Midland Olive City Pinacate Saahatpa Temescal Terra Cotta Willard Willow Springs Station

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