Casbah of Algiers
The Casbah of Algiers, commonly referred to as the Casbah, corresponds to the old town or medina of Algiers, founded in 944 by the Zirids. It is a historic district that has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992.- Suburb with 36,800 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 58 metres (190 feet)
- Description: citadel and neighborhood in Algiers, Algeria
- Also known as“Casbah”“Kasba”“Kasbah of Algiers”“La Kasbah”“القصبة Casbah ⵝⴰⵇⵚⴻⴲⵝ”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ibn Faris Mosque and Sidi Mohamed Sharif Mosque.
Ibn Faris Mosque
Mosque
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bāb al-Wādī and Alger Centre.
Alger Centre
Suburb
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Oued Koriche
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Casbah of Algiers
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Latitude
36.78447° or 36° 47′ 4″ north
Longitude
3.05785° or 3° 3′ 28″ east
Open location code
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Casbah of Algiers” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القصبة (الجزائر)”
- Arabic: “القصبة السفلى”
- Arabic: “القصبة”
- Arabic: “بلدية قصبة جزائر بني مزغنة”
- Arabic: “قصبة الجزائر”
- Arabic: “قصبة جزائر بني مزغنة”
- Arabic: “قصبة”
- Arabic: “قلعة الموصل (باش طابيا)”
- Armenian: “Ալժիրի Կասբահ”
- Asturian: “Casba d’Arxel”
- Azerbaijani: “Əlcəzair Kasbahı”
- Basque: “Aljerko kasbah”
- Belarusian: “Старая Касба ў Алжыры”
- Bengali: “আলজিয়ার্সের কসবাহ”
- Breton: “Kasbah”
- Catalan: “Casba d’Alger”
- Catalan: “qasba d’Alger”
- Chinese: “卡斯巴古城”
- Chinese: “阿尔及尔城堡”
- Chinese: “阿尔及尔堡”
- Chinese: “阿爾及爾卡斯巴”
- Chinese: “阿爾及爾古堡”
- Chinese: “阿爾及爾城堡”
- Croatian: “Kazba Alžira”
- Dagbani: “Casbah of Algiers”
- Danish: “Kasbahen i Algier”
- Dutch: “Kasba van Algiers”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قصبه الجزائر”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قصبه الجزاير”
- Esperanto: “Kasbaho de Alĝero”
- Finnish: “Kasbah”
- French: “casbah d’Alger”
- French: “Casbah d’Alger”
- French: “Casbah”
- French: “Kasbah d’Alger”
- French: “La Casbah”
- French: “Qasbah d’Alger”
- Galician: “Casba de Alxer”
- Georgian: “კასბა”
- German: “Kasbah von Algier”
- German: “Kasbah”
- Hausa: “Casbah na Algiers”
- Hebrew: “הקסבה באלג’יר”
- Hebrew: “קסבה”
- Hindi: “अल्जीयर्स का क़स्बा”
- Hungarian: “Algír óvárosa”
- Hungarian: “Kaszba (Algír)”
- Indonesian: “Kasbah Aljir”
- Italian: “Casba di Algeri”
- Italian: “Casbah di Algeri”
- Japanese: “アルジェのカスバ”
- Latvian: “Alžīras kasba”
- Lithuanian: “Alžyro citadelė”
- Maithili: “अल्जियर्सक कस्बाह”
- Maltese: “Kasbah tal-Alġier”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Algers kasbah”
- Norwegian: “Algers kasbah”
- Persian: “قصبه الجزایر”
- Portuguese: “Casbá de Argel”
- Portuguese: “Kasbah de Argel”
- Romanian: “Casbah”
- Russian: “Старая Касба в Алжире”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kazba Alžira”
- Slovenian: “Kazba v Alžiru”
- Spanish: “Casba de Argel”
- Swedish: “Algers kasbah”
- Turkish: “Cezayir Kasbahı”
- Ukrainian: “Касба Алжиру”
- Ukrainian: “Касба”
- Urdu: “قصبہ، الجزائر”
- Vietnamese: “Kasbah của Algiers”
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