North Africa
Algeria
Ghardaia Province

Ghardaïa

Ghardaïa is the capital city of Ghardaïa Province, . The commune of Ghardaïa has a population of 93,423 according to the 2008 census, up from 87,599 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 0.7%.
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  • Type: City with 143,000 residents
  • Description: City and capital of Ghardaïa Province, Algeria
  • Also known as: “Ghardaia”, “Rhardaïa”, and “Tagherdayt”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cathedral of Ghardaïa.

Church
The Pro-Cathedral of Ghardaïa, or simply Cathedral of Ghardaia, is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Ghardaïa, , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include M’zab and Bounoura.

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M'zab is a limestone plateau in and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its collection of desert fortress-cities is exotic to the point of surrealism.

Town
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is a town and commune in , . According to the 2008 census it has a population of 35,405, up from 27,775 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 2.5%.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Ghardaïa

Latitude
32.4859° or 32° 29′ 9″ north
Longitude
3.6771° or 3° 40′ 38″ east
Population
143,000
Elevation
503 metres (1,650 feet)
IATA airport code
GHA
United Nations Location Code
DZ GHA
Open location code
8F45FMPG+8R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3475248415
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2496049
Wiki­data ID
Q622841
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Algerian Arabic to Waray—“Ghardaïa” goes by many names.
  • Algerian Arabic: “غارداية”
  • Arabic: “غرداية”
  • Arabic: “ولاية غرداية”
  • Armenian: “Գարդայա”
  • Asturian: “Ghardaia”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qərdaya”
  • Basque: “Ghardaia”
  • Belarusian: “Гардая”
  • Bengali: “গার্ডিয়া”
  • Bulgarian: “Гардая”
  • Catalan: “Ghardaia”
  • Catalan: “Ghardaïa”
  • Cebuano: “Ghardaïa”
  • Chinese: “Ghardaïa”
  • Chinese: “盖尔达耶”
  • Chinese: “蓋爾達耶”
  • Czech: “Ghardája”
  • Danish: “Ghardaia”
  • Danish: “Ghardaïa”
  • Dutch: “Ghardaia”
  • Dutch: “Ghardaïa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “غردايه”
  • Esperanto: “Ghardaia”
  • Finnish: “Ghardaia”
  • Finnish: “Ghardaïa”
  • Finnish: “Ghardaya”
  • French: “Gardaïa”
  • French: “Ghardaia”
  • French: “Ghardaïa”
  • German: “Ghardaia”
  • Greek: “Γκαρντάια”
  • Gujarati: “ઘારડીયા”
  • Hebrew: “גרדאיה”
  • Hebrew: “ח’ארדיה”
  • Hebrew: “ערדאיה”
  • Hindi: “घरदिया”
  • Indonesian: “Ghardaïa”
  • Italian: “Ghardaia”
  • Italian: “Ghardaïa”
  • Japanese: “ガルダーヤ”
  • Japanese: “ガルダイア”
  • Japanese: “ガルダイア郡”
  • Kabyle: “Tagherdaït”
  • Kabyle: “Taɣerdayt”
  • Kabyle: “Taγerdayt”
  • Kabyle: “ⵜⴰⵖⵔⴷⴰⵢⵜ”
  • Kannada: “ಘಾರ್ಡಿಯಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Gardaya qalası”
  • Kazakh: “Гардая қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Ғардая”
  • Kazakh: “گاردايا قالاسى”
  • Kirghiz: “Гардая”
  • Korean: “가르다이아”
  • Korean: “가르다이야”
  • Latvian: “Gardaja”
  • Lithuanian: “Gardaja”
  • Malay: “Ghardaia”
  • Malay: “Ghardaïa”
  • Marathi: “घारदिया”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ghardaïa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ghardaïa”
  • Norwegian: “Ghardaïa”
  • Persian: “غردایه”
  • Polish: “Ghardaïa”
  • Polish: “Ghardaja”
  • Portuguese: “Gardaia”
  • Portuguese: “Ghardaia”
  • Portuguese: “Ghardaïa”
  • Romanian: “Ghardaia”
  • Romanian: “Ghardaïa”
  • Russian: “Гардая”
  • Serbian: “Гардаја”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gardaja”
  • Sinhala: “ඝර්දයියා”
  • Slovenian: “Ghardaïa”
  • South Azerbaijani: “غردایه”
  • Spanish: “Gardaya”
  • Spanish: “Ghardaia”
  • Spanish: “Ghardaïa”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵜⴰⵖⵔⴷⴰⵢⴰⵜ”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo ya Ghardaïa”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Ghardaia”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Ghardaïa”
  • Swedish: “Ghardaia”
  • Swedish: “Ghardaïa”
  • Tamil: “கார்டைஆ”
  • Telugu: “ఘర్దయా”
  • Thai: “การ์เดย์”
  • Turkish: “Gardaya”
  • Ukrainian: “Гардая”
  • Urdu: “غرادیہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Ghardaia”
  • Vietnamese: “Ghardaïa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ghardaia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ghardaïa”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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