Skikda

Skikda is a city in northeastern and a port on the Mediterranean. It is the capital of and .
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  • Type: City with 188,000 residents
  • Description: city in Algeria
  • Also known as: Philippeville”, “Phillippville”, and “Sukaykida

Places of Interest

Highlights include 20 August 1955 Stadium and Skikda.

Stadium
, is a multi-use in Skikda, . It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 30,000 people. It serves as a home ground for JSM Skikda.

Railway station
is a railway station.

Theater building
Photo: Séraphin-Médéric Mieusement, Public domain.
is a theater building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hamadi Krouma and El Hadaik.

Village
is a town and commune in in north-eastern .

Town
is a town and commune in in north-eastern .

Skikda

Latitude
36.8801° or 36° 52′ 49″ north
Longitude
6.9077° or 6° 54′ 28″ east
Population
188,000
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
IATA airport code
SKI
United Nations Location Code
DZ SKK
Open location code
8F88VWJ5+33
Open­Street­Map ID
node 299692217
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2479536
Wiki­data ID
Q2292517
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Skikda” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Philippeville
  • Afrikaans: Skikda
  • Arabic: Skikda
  • Arabic: روسيكادا
  • Arabic: رُوسِيكادا
  • Arabic: سكيكدة
  • Arabic: سكيكده
  • Arabic: عزابة سكيكدة
  • Arabic: فيليبفيل” (historical)
  • Arabic: ولاية سعيدة
  • Armenian: Սկիկդա
  • Asturian: Skikda
  • Azerbaijani: Skikda
  • Basque: Skikda
  • Belarusian: Скікда
  • Bengali: স্কিকদা
  • Breton: Skikda
  • Bulgarian: Скикда
  • Catalan: Skikda
  • Cebuano: Skikda
  • Chinese: Skikda
  • Chinese: 斯基克达
  • Chinese: 菲利普维尔
  • Czech: Philippeville
  • Czech: Skikda
  • Danish: Skikda
  • Dutch: Skikda
  • Egyptian Arabic: سكيكده
  • Esperanto: Philippeville (Alĝerio)
  • Esperanto: Skikda
  • Finnish: Skikda
  • French: Philippeville
  • French: Rusicade
  • French: Skikda
  • German: Skikda
  • German: Sukaikida
  • Greek: Ρουσικάδα
  • Greek: Σκικντά
  • Greek: Σκίκντα
  • Greek: Φιλιπβίλ
  • Gujarati: સ્કિકડા
  • Hausa: Skikda
  • Hebrew: סקיקדה
  • Hebrew: פיליפוויל
  • Hindi: स्कीकडा
  • Indonesian: Skikda
  • Italian: Skikda
  • Japanese: スキークダ
  • Japanese: スキクダ
  • Kabyle: Skikda
  • Kannada: ಸ್ಕಿಕ್ಡಾ
  • Kazakh: Скикда қаласы
  • Kazakh: Скикда
  • Korean: 스키크다
  • Korean: 스킥다
  • Latvian: Skīkida
  • Lithuanian: Filipvilis
  • Lithuanian: Rusicade
  • Lithuanian: Sakikda
  • Lithuanian: Sakikdah
  • Lithuanian: Skikda
  • Luxembourgish: Skikda
  • Macedonian: Скикда
  • Malay: Skikda
  • Maltese: Skikda
  • Marathi: स्किक्डा
  • Min Nan Chinese: Skikda
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Skikda
  • Norwegian: Skikda
  • Persian: سکیکده، الجزایر
  • Polish: Philippeville
  • Polish: Sakikda
  • Polish: Skikda
  • Polish: Sukajkida
  • Portuguese: Skikda
  • Romanian: Skikda
  • Russian: Скикда
  • Serbo-Croatian: Skikda
  • Silesian: Sukajkida
  • Sinhala: එස්කික්දා
  • South Azerbaijani: سکیکده، الجزاییر
  • Spanish: Philippeville (Argelia)
  • Spanish: Rusicade
  • Spanish: Skikda
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵙⴽⵉⴽⴷⴰ
  • Swahili: Skikda
  • Swedish: Skikda
  • Tamil: ஸ்கிக்ட்டா
  • Telugu: స్మిక్ డా
  • Thai: สกิกดา
  • Turkish: Skikda
  • Ukrainian: Скікда
  • Urdu: سکیکدا
  • Uzbek: Skikda
  • Vietnamese: Skikda
  • Waray (Philippines): Skikda
  • Welsh: Skikda
  • Western Panjabi: سکیکدہ

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