El Hamel
El Hamel is a town and commune in M'Sila Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 10,195. El Hamel was built in the 11th century on two hills at the foot of Mount Omrane; Surrounded by mountains on all sides, the city resembles a medieval citadel below which flows the Great Oued.Photo: habib kaki, CC BY 3.0.
El Hamel
- Type: Town
- Description: commune and town in M’Sila Province, Algeria
- Categories: commune of Algeria and locality
- Location: El Hamel, Daïra de Bou Saâda, M’Sila Province, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
35.13088° or 35° 7′ 51″ northLongitude
4.08792° or 4° 5′ 17″ eastElevation
947 metres (3,107 feet)Open location code
8F7643JQ+95OpenStreetMap ID
node 489290386OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“El Hamel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الهامل”
- Arabic: “هامل”
- Catalan: “El Hamel”
- Chinese: “El Hamel”
- Dutch: “El Hamel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الهامل”
- French: “El Hamel”
- French: “Elhamel”
- Greek: “Ελ Χαμέλ”
- Italian: “El Hamel”
- Kabyle: “Lhamel”
- Malay: “El Hamel”
- Min Nan Chinese: “El Hamel”
- Persian: “الهامل”
- Portuguese: “El Hamel”
- Romanian: “El Hamel”
- Slovenian: “El Hamel”
- Spanish: “El Hamel”
- Swedish: “El Hamel”
- Vietnamese: “El Hamel”
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