Jijel

Jijel, the classical Igilgili, is the capital of in north-eastern . It is flanked by the Mediterranean Sea in the region of Corniche Jijelienne and had a population of 131,513 in 2008.
  • City with 135,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 15 metres (49 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code GJL
  • …was formerly known as “Jijelli”
  • Description: municipality of Algeria
  • Also known as
    “Djedjelli”
    “Djidjelli”
    “Jijel ⵉⵖⵉⵍ ⴳⵉⵍⵉ جيجل”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hocine Rouibah Stadium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaous.
. In 2008, the population was 26,137.

Jijel

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Latitude
36.8167° or 36° 49′ 0″ north
Longitude
5.7715° or 5° 46′ 17″ east
UN/LOCODE
DZ GJL
Open location code
8F87RQ8C+MH
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Jijel” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ጂጄል”
  • Arabic: “إجيلجلي”
  • Arabic: “جيجل”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cical”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cicəl”
  • Belarusian: “Джыджэль”
  • Bengali: “জিজেল”
  • Catalan: “Djidjelli”
  • Catalan: “Gíger”
  • Catalan: “Idgil”
  • Catalan: “Idgilgili”
  • Catalan: “Igilgili”
  • Cebuano: “Jijel”
  • Chinese: “吉傑勒”
  • Chinese: “吉杰勒”
  • Czech: “Džidžel”
  • Danish: “Jijel”
  • Dutch: “Jijel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جيجل”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝiĝel”
  • Esperanto: “Jijel”
  • Finnish: “Jijel”
  • French: “Djidjelli”
  • French: “Gigeri”
  • French: “Gigéri”
  • French: “Jijel”
  • Galician: “Jijel”
  • German: “Dschidschal”
  • German: “Jijel”
  • Greek: “Τζιτζέλ”
  • Gujarati: “જિજેલ”
  • Hausa: “Jijel”
  • Hebrew: “ג’יג’ל”
  • Hindi: “जिजेल”
  • Hindi: “जीजेल”
  • Indonesian: “Jijel”
  • Interlingua: “Jijel”
  • Italian: “Igilgili”
  • Italian: “Jijel”
  • Japanese: “ジージェル”
  • Japanese: “ジジェル”
  • Javanese: “Jijel”
  • Kabyle: “Ǧiǧel”
  • Kabyle: “Jijel”
  • Kannada: “ಜಿಜೆಲ್”
  • Kazakh: “Джиджель”
  • Kirghiz: “Джиджель”
  • Korean: “지젤 (알제리)”
  • Korean: “지젤”
  • Latin: “Igilgili” (historical)
  • Latvian: “Džidžela”
  • Lithuanian: “Djidjeli”
  • Lithuanian: “Džidželis”
  • Lithuanian: “Džidžilis”
  • Lithuanian: “Jijel”
  • Lithuanian: “Jijili”
  • Malay: “Jijel”
  • Marathi: “जिझेल”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Jijel”
  • Northern Frisian: “Djidjel”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jijel”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jijel”
  • Norwegian: “Jijel”
  • Oromo: “Jijel”
  • Panjabi: “ਜਿਜੇਲ”
  • Persian: “جیجل، الجزایر”
  • Persian: “جیجل”
  • Polish: “Dżidżal”
  • Polish: “Dżidżili”
  • Polish: “Jijel”
  • Portuguese: “Jijel”
  • Pushto: “جيجل”
  • Romanian: “Djidjelli”
  • Romanian: “Gigeri”
  • Romanian: “Gigery”
  • Romanian: “Jijel”
  • Russian: “Джиджель”
  • Serbian: “Џиџел”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Džidžel”
  • Sinhala: “ජිජෙල්”
  • Somali: “Jijel”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جیجل، الجزاییر”
  • Spanish: “Jijel”
  • Spanish: “Yiyel”
  • Swahili: “Jijel”
  • Swedish: “Djidjelli”
  • Swedish: “Gigeri”
  • Swedish: “Gigery”
  • Swedish: “Jijel”
  • Tagalog: “Jijel”
  • Tajik: “Джиджель”
  • Tamil: “ஜிஜேல்”
  • Tatar: “Джиджель”
  • Telugu: “జిజెల్”
  • Thai: “จิเจล”
  • Turkish: “Cicel”
  • Turkish: “Jijel”
  • Ukrainian: “Джиджель”
  • Urdu: “جيجل”
  • Urdu: “جیجل”
  • Uzbek: “Jijel”
  • Vietnamese: “Jijel”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Jijel”
  • Western Panjabi: “جیجل”

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