Mascara
Mascara, also spelled Maskara, is the capital city of Mascara Province in Algeria. It has 150,000 inhabitants. It was founded in the 10th century by the Banu Ifran, and is famous for being the hometown of Emir Abd al-Qadir, a leader of the Algerian resistance to early French colonial rule in the 19th century.
- City with about 109,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 590 metres (1,940 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code MUW
- Description: city in Mascara Province, Algeria
- Also known as“Mascara ⵎⵄⴰⵙⴽⴰⵕ معسكر”“Mascara, Algeria”
Places of Interest
Discover African Unity Stadium.
African Unity Stadium
The African Unity Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Mascara, Algeria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mamounia and El Keurt.
Mamounia
Town
Mamounia is a town and commune in Mascara Province, Algeria.
El Keurt
Village
El Keurt is a town and commune in Mascara Province, Algeria.
Mascara
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Latitude
35.3941° or 35° 23′ 39″ north
Longitude
0.138° or 0° 8′ 17″ east
UN/LOCODE
DZ MUW
Open location code
8F7294VQ+J5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Welsh—“Mascara” goes by many names.
ማስካራAmharic
أم العسكرArabic
أم عسكرArabic
معسكرArabic
ՄասկարաArmenian
MascaraAsturian
MaskaraAzerbaijani
MəskərAzerbaijani
МаскараBelarusian
মাস্কারাBengali
মাস্কারা, আলজেরিয়াBengali
МаскараBulgarian
MascaraCatalan
MascaraCebuano
穆阿斯凯尔Chinese
穆阿斯凱爾Chinese
MascaraCzech
MascaraDanish
MascaraDutch
معسكرEgyptian Arabic
MuaskarEsperanto
MascaraFinnish
ΜασκάραGreek
મસ્કરાGujarati
MascaraHausa
מסקרהHebrew
मस्काराHindi
MászkaraHungarian
MascaraIndonesian
MascaraIrish
MascaraItalian
マスカラJapanese
MascaraJavanese
MɛeskerKabyle
ಮಸ್ಕರಾKannada
МаскараKazakh
МаскараKirghiz
마스카라Korean
MaksaraLatvian
MaksaraLithuanian
MaskaraLithuanian
MascaraLuxembourgish
MascaraMalay
Mascara, AlgeriaMalay
मस्कराMarathi
MascaraMin Nan Chinese
MascaraNorthern Frisian
MuaskarNorthern Frisian
MuaskarNorwegian
MascaraNorwegian Bokmål
MascaraOromo
МаскарæOssetian
ਮਸਕਾਰਾPanjabi
مسکرهPersian
معسکرPersian
معسکر (شهر)Persian
Mu’askarPolish
معسكرPushto
MascaraRomanian
Mascara, AlgeriaRomanian
МаскараRussian
Маскара (город)Russian
MaskaraSerbo-Croatian
මස්කරාSinhala
MascaraSlovenian
MascaraSomali
معسکرSouth Azerbaijani
معسکر (شهر)South Azerbaijani
MascaraSwahili
Mascara, AlgeriaSwahili
MuaskarSwedish
МаскараTajik
மஸ்கேராTamil
МаскараTatar
МөгаскәрTatar
మస్కారాTelugu
มาส คา ร่าThai
MuaskarTurkish
MuaskerTurkish
МаскараUkrainian
معسکر، الجزائرUrdu
MascaraUzbek
MascaraVenetian
MascaraVietnamese
MascaraWaray (Philippines)
MascaraWelsh
Mascara, AlgeriaWelsh
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