Medea

Médéa is the capital city of , . It is located roughly 68 km south of . The present-day city is situated on the site of an ancient Roman military post and has a history dating back to the 10th century.
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  • Type: City with 138,000 residents
  • Description: Algerian city
  • Also known as: “Al-Madija”, “Lambdia”, “Lemdiyya”, “Medéa”, “Médéa”, “Medea (Algérie)”, “Médéa ⵍⴻⵎⴷⵉⵢⴰ المدية”, “Medeah”, “Médéah”, “Medix”, “Midija”, “Midyah”, “Tibhirine”, “מדיאה”, “مدية”, and “مدينة المدية”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Lyes Imam Stadium.

Stadium
Photo: Mohamed AZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, is a multi-use in Médéa, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Draa Essamar.

Village
Photo: Yelles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town and commune in , .

Medea

Latitude
36.2653° or 36° 15′ 55″ north
Longitude
2.767° or 2° 46′ 1″ east
Population
138,000
Elevation
910 metres (2,986 feet)
UN/LOCODE
DZ QED
Open location code
8F847Q88+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 288417925
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2488835
Wiki­data ID
Q1982137
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Waray—“Medea” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሜዲያ”
  • Arabic: “المدية”
  • Armenian: “Մեդեա”
  • Asturian: “Médéa”
  • Azerbaijani: “Medea”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mədiya”
  • Belarusian: “Медэа”
  • Belarusian: “Мэдэя”
  • Bengali: “মেডিয়া”
  • Bengali: “মেদিয়া”
  • Catalan: “Medea”
  • Cebuano: “Médéa”
  • Central Kurdish: “مێدیا”
  • Chinese: “麥迪亞”
  • Chinese: “麦迪亚”
  • Czech: “Médéa”
  • Danish: “Médéa”
  • Dutch: “Médéa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المديه”
  • Esperanto: “Medea”
  • Finnish: “Médéa”
  • French: “Médéa”
  • German: “Medea”
  • Greek: “Μεντέα”
  • Gujarati: “મેડેઆ”
  • Hausa: “Medea”
  • Hebrew: “אלמדייה”
  • Hebrew: “מדיה”
  • Hindi: “मेडिया”
  • Hindi: “मेदेआ”
  • Indonesian: “Medea”
  • Indonesian: “Médéa”
  • Italian: “Médéa”
  • Japanese: “メデア”
  • Japanese: “メディア”
  • Javanese: “Medea”
  • Kabyle: “Lemdeyya”
  • Kabyle: “Lemdiyyet”
  • Kannada: “ಮೆಡಿಯಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Медеа”
  • Kirghiz: “Медеа”
  • Korean: “메데아”
  • Latvian: “Medeja”
  • Lithuanian: “Medėja”
  • Malay: “Medea”
  • Malay: “Médéa”
  • Marathi: “मेदेआ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Médéa”
  • Northern Frisian: “Médéa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Medea”
  • Norwegian: “Médéa”
  • Oromo: “Medea”
  • Panjabi: “ਮੇਡੀਆ”
  • Persian: “المدیه، الجزایر”
  • Persian: “المدیه”
  • Polish: “Al-Madijja”
  • Polish: “Al-Midija”
  • Portuguese: “Medea”
  • Portuguese: “Médéa”
  • Pushto: “المدية”
  • Romanian: “Médéa”
  • Russian: “Медеа”
  • Russian: “Медея”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Médéa”
  • Sinhala: “මෙදියා”
  • Slovenian: “Médéa”
  • Somali: “Medea”
  • South Azerbaijani: “المدیه، الجزاییر”
  • Spanish: “Medea”
  • Spanish: “Médéa”
  • Swahili: “Medea”
  • Swahili: “Médéa”
  • Swedish: “Médéa”
  • Tajik: “Медеа”
  • Tamil: “மெடியா”
  • Tatar: “Медеа”
  • Telugu: “మేడియా”
  • Thai: “เมเดอา”
  • Turkish: “Medea”
  • Turkish: “Médéa”
  • Ukrainian: “Медеа”
  • Ukrainian: “Медея”
  • Urdu: “مدیہ”
  • Uzbek: “Medea”
  • Vietnamese: “Medea”
  • Vietnamese: “Médéa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Médéa”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Cité 24 Février and Cité Soutratite.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Daïra de Médéa and C.N.R.

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