Médéa

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: Lambdia” and “Medea

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lyes Imam Stadium.

Stadium
, is a multi-use in Médéa, . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Olympique de Médéa. The stadium holds 12,000 spectators.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Draa Essamar.

Village
is a town and commune in , . According to the 1998 census, it has a population of 7,465.

Médéa

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)
United Nations Location Code
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 Arabic to Waray—“Médéa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: المدية
  • Arabic: المديه
  • Arabic: مدية
  • Arabic: مدينة المدية
  • Armenian: Մեդեա
  • Asturian: Médéa
  • Azerbaijani: Mədiya
  • Belarusian: Медэа
  • Belarusian: Мэдэя
  • Bengali: মেদিয়া
  • Catalan: Medea
  • Catalan: Médéa
  • Cebuano: Médéa
  • Central Kurdish: مێدیا
  • Chinese: Médéa
  • Chinese: 麥迪亞
  • Chinese: 麦迪亚
  • Czech: Médéa
  • Danish: Médéa
  • Dutch: Medea
  • Dutch: Médéa
  • Dutch: Tibhirine
  • Egyptian Arabic: المديه
  • Esperanto: Medea
  • Finnish: Médéa
  • French: Medéa
  • French: Médéa
  • French: Medeah
  • French: Médéah
  • German: Medea
  • Greek: Μεντέα
  • Gujarati: મેડેઆ
  • Hebrew: אלמדייה
  • Hebrew: מדיאה
  • Hebrew: מדיה
  • Hindi: मेडीया
  • Indonesian: Medea
  • Indonesian: Médéa
  • Italian: Medea
  • Italian: Médéa
  • Japanese: メデア
  • Kabyle: Lemdeyya
  • Kabyle: Lemdiyyet
  • Kannada: ಮೆಡಿಯಾ
  • Korean: 메데아
  • Latvian: Medeja
  • Lithuanian: Medea
  • Lithuanian: Medėja
  • Lithuanian: Medix
  • Lithuanian: Midija
  • Lithuanian: Midyah
  • Malay: Medea
  • Malay: Médéa
  • Marathi: मेदेआ
  • Min Nan Chinese: Médéa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Medea
  • Norwegian: Médéa
  • Persian: المدیه، الجزایر
  • Polish: Al-Madija
  • Polish: Al-Madijja
  • Polish: Al-Midija
  • Polish: Lemdiyya
  • Polish: Médéa
  • Polish: Midija
  • Portuguese: Medea
  • Portuguese: Médéa
  • Romanian: Medea
  • Romanian: Médéa
  • Russian: Медеа
  • Russian: Медея
  • Serbo-Croatian: Medea
  • Serbo-Croatian: Médéa
  • Sinhala: මෙදියා
  • Slovenian: Medea
  • Slovenian: Médéa
  • South Azerbaijani: المدیه، الجزاییر
  • Spanish: Medea
  • Spanish: Médéa
  • Swahili: Médéa
  • Swedish: Médéa
  • Tamil: மெடியா
  • Telugu: మేడియా
  • Thai: เมเดอา
  • Turkish: Médéa
  • Ukrainian: Медеа
  • Ukrainian: Медея
  • Urdu: مدیہ
  • Vietnamese: Medea (Algérie)
  • Vietnamese: Medea
  • Vietnamese: Médéa
  • Waray (Philippines): Medea
  • Waray (Philippines): Médéa

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