Jijel
Jijel, the classical Igilgili, is the capital of Jijel Province in north-eastern Algeria. It is flanked by the Mediterranean Sea in the region of Corniche Jijelienne and had a population of 131,513 in 2008.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mouh2jijel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Mouh2jijel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: City with 135,000 residents
- Description: municipality of Algeria
- Also known as: “Djedjelli” and “Djidjelli”
- Historically known as: “Jijelli”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hocine Rouibah Stadium.
Hocine Rouibah Stadium
Stadium
Hocine Rouibah Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Jijel, Algeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 45,000 people. It serves as a home ground for JS Djijel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kaous.
Kaous
Town
Photo: Mouh2jijel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kaous. In 2008, the population was 26,137. Kaous is a commune of Jijel Province.
Jijel
- Categories: commune of Algeria and locality
- Location: Jijel Province, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
36.8167° or 36° 49′ 0″ northLongitude
5.7715° or 5° 46′ 17″ eastPopulation
135,000Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)IATA airport code
GJLUnited Nations Location Code
DZ GJLOpen location code
8F87RQ8C+MHOpenStreetMap ID
node 1941427461OpenStreetMap feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
2492913Wikidata ID
Q402726
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Jijel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إجيلجلي”
- Arabic: “جيجل”
- Azerbaijani: “Cicəl”
- Belarusian: “Джыджэль”
- Bengali: “জিজেল”
- Catalan: “Djidjelli”
- Catalan: “Gíger”
- Catalan: “Idgil”
- Catalan: “Idgilgili”
- Catalan: “Igilgili”
- Cebuano: “Jijel”
- Chinese: “Jijel”
- Chinese: “吉傑勒”
- Chinese: “吉杰勒”
- Czech: “Džidžel”
- Danish: “Jijel”
- Dutch: “Jijel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جيجل”
- Esperanto: “Jijel”
- Finnish: “Jijel”
- French: “Djidjelli”
- French: “Gigeri”
- French: “Gigéri”
- French: “Jijel”
- Galician: “Jijel”
- German: “Dschidschal”
- German: “Jijel”
- Greek: “Τζιτζέλ”
- Gujarati: “જિજેલ”
- Hebrew: “ג’יג’ל”
- Hindi: “जिजेल”
- Indonesian: “Jijel”
- Interlingua: “Jijel”
- Italian: “Igilgili”
- Italian: “Jijel”
- Japanese: “ジージェル”
- Japanese: “ジジェル”
- Kabyle: “Ǧiǧel”
- Kabyle: “Jijel”
- Kannada: “ಜಿಜೆಲ್”
- 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”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jijel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jijel”
- Norwegian: “Jijel”
- Persian: “جیجل، الجزایر”
- Persian: “جیجل”
- Polish: “Dżidżal”
- Polish: “Dżidżili”
- Polish: “Jijel”
- Portuguese: “Jijel”
- Romanian: “Djidjelli”
- Romanian: “Gigeri”
- Romanian: “Gigery”
- Romanian: “Jijel”
- Russian: “Джиджель”
- Serbian: “Џиџел”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Džidžel”
- Sinhala: “ජිජෙල්”
- South Azerbaijani: “جیجل، الجزاییر”
- Spanish: “Jijel”
- Swahili: “Jijel”
- Swedish: “Djidjelli”
- Swedish: “Gigeri”
- Swedish: “Gigery”
- Swedish: “Jijel”
- Tagalog: “Jijel”
- Tamil: “ஜிஜேல்”
- Telugu: “జిజెల్”
- Thai: “จิเจล”
- Turkish: “Cicel”
- Turkish: “Jijel”
- Ukrainian: “Джиджель”
- Urdu: “جیجل”
- Vietnamese: “Jijel”
- Waray (Philippines): “Jijel”
- Western Panjabi: “جیجل”
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