Mascara Province

Mascara is a province in , named after , whose name is Arabic for "military garrison". It is uncertain whether the place's name is related to "mascara", the cosmetic. Another important locality is the town of .
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  • Type: province of Algeria with 784,000 residents
  • Description: province of Algeria
  • Also known as: “DZ-29”, “Mascara”, “Muaskar Eyaleti”, “Provincia di Muaskar”, “wilaya de Mascara”, “Маскара (провинция)”, “أم العسكر”, “أم عسكر”, “دوائر ولاية أم العسكر”, “دوائر ولاية أم عسكر”, “دوائر ولاية معسكر”, “ولاية أم العسكر”, “ولاية أم عسكر”, “ولاية معسكر‎”, “ولايه معسكر”, “कास्का प्रांत”, “మస్కారా రాష్ట్రభాగం”, and “马斯卡拉省”

Places of Interest

Highlights: African Unity Stadium.

Stadium
Photo: Sandervalya, CC BY 4.0.
The , is a multi-use in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mamounia and El Keurt.

Town
is a town and commune in Mascara Province, .

Village
is a town and commune in Mascara Province, . is situated 8 km southwest of Mascara Province.

Town
is a town and commune in Mascara Province, . is situated 8 km southeast of Mascara Province.

Mascara Province

Latitude
35.4167° or 35° 25′ north
Longitude
0.1667° or 0° 10′ east
Population
784,000
Elevation
684 metres (2,244 feet)
Open location code
8F72C588+MM
Geo­Names ID
2490095
Wiki­data ID
Q236776
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Mascara Province” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ማስካራ”
  • Arabic: “معسكر”
  • Arabic: “ولاية معسكر”
  • Asturian: “provincia de Mascara”
  • Asturian: “Provincia de Mascara”
  • Azerbaijani: “Maskara”
  • Basque: “Mascarako probintzia”
  • Belarusian: “Маскара”
  • Belarusian: “правінцыя Маскара”
  • Bengali: “মাস্কারার প্রদেশ”
  • Bulgarian: “Маскара”
  • Catalan: “Província de Mascara”
  • Cebuano: “Wilaya de Mascara”
  • Chinese: “穆阿斯凯尔省”
  • Chinese: “穆阿斯凱爾省”
  • Danish: “Mascara Province”
  • Danish: “Muaskar”
  • Dutch: “Mascara”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Muaskar”
  • Finnish: “Mascaran lääni”
  • Finnish: “Mascaran maakunta”
  • French: “Mascara”
  • French: “Wilaya de Mascara”
  • Galician: “Provincia de Mascara”
  • Galician: “Vilaia de Mascara”
  • Georgian: “მასკარის პროვინცია”
  • German: “Muaskar”
  • German: “Provinz Muaskar”
  • Greek: “Επαρχία Μάσκαρα”
  • Gujarati: “મસ્કરા પ્રાંત”
  • Hausa: “Mascara”
  • Hindi: “मस्कारा प्रांत”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Mascara”
  • Irish: “Cúige Mascara”
  • Italian: “provincia di Mascara”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Mascara”
  • Japanese: “マスカラ県”
  • Javanese: “Mascara”
  • Kabyle: “Tawilayt n Mɛesker”
  • Kannada: “ಮಸ್ಕರಾ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Kazakh: “Маскара”
  • Kirghiz: “Маскара”
  • Korean: “마스카라주”
  • Ladino: “Maskara”
  • Ladino: “Wilaya de Maskara”
  • Latvian: “Maskaras vilāja”
  • Lithuanian: “Maskaros vilaja”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Mascara”
  • Marathi: “मस्करा प्रांत”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mascara Séng”
  • Minangkabau: “Provinsi Mascara”
  • Northern Frisian: “Muaskar”
  • Northern Sami: “Mascara eanangoddi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Muaskar”
  • Norwegian: “Muaskar”
  • Oromo: “Mascara”
  • Ossetian: “Маскарæ”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਾਸਕਾਰਾ”
  • Persian: “استان معسکر”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Mu’askar”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Muaskar”
  • Portuguese: “Mascara”
  • Pushto: “معسكر”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Mascara”
  • Russian: “Маскара”
  • Scots: “Mascara Province”
  • Serbian: “Маскара”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Maskara (pokrajina)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Maskara”
  • Sinhala: “මස්කාරා පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Provinca Mascara”
  • Somali: “Mascara”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Muaskar”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo ya Mascara”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Mascara”
  • Swedish: “Muaskar”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Mascara”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Muaskar”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Муаскар”
  • Tamil: “மாஸ்க்கார மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Maskara”
  • Telugu: “మస్కారా ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดมาสการ่า”
  • Turkish: “Muaskar Vilayeti”
  • Turkish: “Muasker”
  • Ukrainian: “Маскара”
  • Urdu: “صوبہ معسکر”
  • Uzbek: “Mascara viloyati”
  • Vietnamese: “Mascara”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mascara”
  • Welsh: “Talaith Mascara”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ معسکر”
  • Zulu: “Mascara Province”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Bartou and Ali Bayou.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Sidi Daoud and Forêt de Zakour.

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