Casbah of Algiers

The Casbah of Algiers, commonly referred to as the Casbah, corresponds to the old town or medina of , the capital of Algeria. It is a historic district that has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992.
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  • Type: Suburb with 36,800 residents
  • Description: citadel and neighborhood in Algiers, Algeria
  • Also known as: “Casbah”, “Kasba”, “Kasbah of Algiers”, and “La Kasbah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ibn Faris Mosque and Ketchaoua Mosque.

Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Ben Farès Mosque, also known as Djamaa Ben Farès and formerly as Djamâa Lihoud, is a located on Place Randon in , the capital of .

Mosque
Photo: Rachid Hamatou, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also known as Djamaa Ketchaoua, is a in the city of , the capital of . Completed in the 17th century, during Ottoman period, the mosque is located at the foot of the Casbah of Algiers, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is on the first of the Casbah's many steep stairways.

Mosque
Photo: Brahimpic, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bāb al-Wādī and Alger Centre.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bab El Oued is a neighbourhood in , the capital of , along the coast north of the . As of 2008, the population of the commune of Bab El Oued was 64,732.

Suburb
Photo: Dan Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a municipality in , . It is administratively part of Sidi M'Hamed district, and it has a population of 96,329 as of the 1998 census, which gives it 15 seats in the PMA.

Suburb
is a suburb of the city of in northern .

Casbah of Algiers

Latitude
36.78447° or 36° 47′ 4″ north
Longitude
3.05785° or 3° 3′ 28″ east
Population
36,800
Elevation
58 metres (190 feet)
Open location code
8F85Q3M5+Q4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3779761638
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2492676
Wiki­data ID
Q662102
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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”
  • Georgian: “კასბა”
  • German: “Kasbah von Algier”
  • German: “Kasbah”
  • Hausa: “Casbah na Algiers”
  • Hebrew: “הקסבה באלג’יר”
  • Hebrew: “קסבה”
  • 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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