El Golâa
El Golâa is a village in southern Tunisia. It is located southeast of Chott el Djerid a few miles north of Douz in the region of Nefzaoua. It is administratively attached to the Kebili Governorate, Tunisia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 7,910 residents
- Description: Tunisian town
- Also known as: “Al Qal‘ah”, “El Golaa”, “El Kalaa”, and “Galaa”
- Address: القلعة
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Douz and Djemna.
Douz
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Douz is a small town in south-central of Tunisia. Referred to as the "Gateway to the Sahara", Douz is a popular destination for tourists looking to experience the desert, either by camel or four-wheel drive.
Djemna
Village
Djemna, also spelt Jemna, is a small town located in southern Tunisia. The town is part of the Kebili Governorate. It is surrounded by the Tunisian Sahara. Djemna is situated 9 km north of El Golâa.
Zaafrane
Village
Zaafrane is a small desert oasis village in central Tunisia. It is located at around and is the gateway to the Grand Erg Oriental desert. It is the centre for the traditionally nomadic Adhara people. Zaafrane is situated 10 km southwest of El Golâa.
El Golâa
- Categories: municipality of Tunisia, imada, and locality
- Location: El Golaa, Douz Nord, Kebili Governorate, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
33.48492° or 33° 29′ 6″ northLongitude
9.00627° or 9° 0′ 23″ eastPopulation
7,910Elevation
56 metres (184 feet)Open location code
8F5FF2M4+XGOpenStreetMap ID
node 352749779OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2473486Wikidata ID
Q3049891
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“El Golâa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القلعة”
- Arabic: “القلعه (تونس)”
- Catalan: “El Golâa”
- Cebuano: “El Golaa”
- Dutch: “El Golâa”
- French: “El Golaa”
- French: “El Golâa”
- German: “El Golâa”
- Persian: “القلعه (تونس)”
- Persian: “القلعه”
- Polish: “Al-Kala”
- Portuguese: “Al Qalah”
- Portuguese: “Al-Qalah”
- Portuguese: “El Gola´a”
- Portuguese: “El Golâa”
- Scots: “El Golâa”
- Turkish: “El-Kale”
- Ukrainian: “Ель-Каляа”
- Zulu: “El Golâa”
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