Chlef

Chlef is the capital of , . Located in the north of Algeria, 200 kilometres west of the capital, , it was founded in 1843, as Orléansville, on the ruins of Roman Castellum Tingitanum.
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  • Type: City with 179,000 residents
  • Description: city in Algeria
  • Also known as: aš-Šalif”, “ash-Shalif”, and “Ech Chlef
  • Historically known as: al-Aṣnām

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium and Gare de Chlef.

Stadium
is a multi-use in Chlef, . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of ASO Chlef. The stadium holds 18,000 people.

Railway station
is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oum Drou.

Town
is a town and commune in , . The 1998 census recorded it as having a population of 17,314.

Chlef

Latitude
36.1646° or 36° 9′ 53″ north
Longitude
1.3315° or 1° 19′ 53″ east
Population
179,000
Elevation
116 metres (381 feet)
IATA airport code
CFK
United Nations Location Codes
DZ CLF and DZ QAS
Open location code
8F83587J+RH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 299680100
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2498611
Wiki­data ID
Q849561
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Chlef” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أورليانفيل” (historical)
  • Arabic: الأصنام” (historical)
  • Arabic: الشلف
  • Arabic: شلف
  • Arabic: كاستيليوم تانجيتانيوم” (historical)
  • Arabic: كستلم تنجيتانم” (historical)
  • Armenian: Շլեֆ
  • Asturian: Chlef
  • Basque: Chlef
  • Belarusian: Шлеф
  • Belarusian: Эш-Шэліф
  • Bengali: চেফ
  • Bulgarian: Шлеф
  • Catalan: Chlef
  • Cebuano: Chlef
  • Chinese: Chlef
  • Chinese: 謝利夫
  • Chinese: 謝里夫
  • Chinese: 谢利夫
  • Chinese: 谢里夫
  • Danish: Al-Asnam
  • Danish: Chlef
  • Danish: Orléansville
  • Dutch: Chlef
  • Egyptian Arabic: الشلف
  • Esperanto: Chlef
  • Esperanto: Ŝlef
  • Finnish: Chlef
  • French: Chlef
  • French: El Asnam
  • French: El-Asnam
  • French: Orléansville
  • Galician: Chlef
  • German: asch-Schalif
  • German: Asch-Schalif
  • German: Chlef
  • German: Ech Cheliff
  • German: Ech-Cheliff
  • German: El Asnam
  • German: El-Asnam
  • German: Orléansville
  • German: Schalif
  • German: al-Asnām” (historical)
  • Greek: Ελ-Ασνάμ
  • Greek: Ορλεανβίλ
  • Greek: Σλεφ
  • Gujarati: ક્લેફ
  • Hausa: Chlef
  • Hebrew: שלאף
  • Hebrew: שלף
  • Hindi: छलेफ
  • Hindi: श्लेफ
  • Indonesian: Chlef
  • Irish: Chlef
  • Italian: Chlef
  • Italian: Orléansville
  • Japanese: シュレフ
  • Kabyle: Cclef
  • Kannada: ಕ್ಲೆಫ್
  • Korean: 슐레프
  • Latin: Castellum Tingitanum
  • Latvian: Šelīfa
  • Lithuanian: Asnamas
  • Lithuanian: Chlef
  • Lithuanian: Orleanvilis
  • Lithuanian: Šalifas
  • Lithuanian: Šelifas
  • Lithuanian: Šlefas
  • Lithuanian: Tingitanum
  • Malay: Chlef
  • Marathi: क्लेफ
  • Min Nan Chinese: Chlef
  • Moksha: Шлэф
  • Northern Frisian: Chlef
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Chlef
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ech Cheliff
  • Norwegian: Ech Cheliff
  • Persian: شلف
  • Polish: Asz-Szalif
  • Polish: Chlef
  • Polish: Szalif
  • Portuguese: Chlef
  • Romanian: Chlef
  • Russian: Шелиф
  • Russian: Шлеф
  • Russian: Эш-Шелифф
  • Serbo-Croatian: Šlef
  • Sinhala: චෙල්ෆ්
  • Slovenian: Chlef
  • South Azerbaijani: شلف
  • Spanish: Chlef
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵛⵛⵍⴼ
  • Swahili: Chlef
  • Swedish: Al-Asnam
  • Swedish: Chlef
  • Swedish: Ech Cheliff
  • Swedish: Orleansville
  • Swedish: Orléansville
  • Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Chlef
  • Tamil: கிலேபி
  • Telugu: చెఫ్
  • Thai: เชฟ
  • Turkish: Chlef
  • Ukrainian: Шлеф
  • Urdu: شلف
  • Uzbek: Ash-Shalif
  • Venetian: Chlef
  • Vietnamese: Chlef
  • Walloon: Chlef
  • Waray (Philippines): Chlef
  • Western Panjabi: شلف
  • Yue Chinese: 謝利夫
  • Zulu: Chlef

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