Chlef
Chlef is the capital of Chlef Province, Algeria. Located in the north of Algeria, 200 kilometres west of the capital, Algiers, it was founded in 1843, as Orléansville, on the ruins of Roman Castellum Tingitanum.
- City with about 155,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 110 metres (370 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code CFK
- Description: city in Algeria
- Also known as“aš-Šalif”“ash-Shalif”“Chlef ⵛⵍⴻⴼ الشلف”“Ech Chlef”
- Historically known as“al-Aṣnām”“أورليانفيل”“الأصنام”“كاستيليوم تانجيتانيوم”“كستلم تنجيتانم”
Places of Interest
Discover Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium and Gare de Chlef.
Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium
Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Chlef, Algeria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oum Drou.
Oum Drou
Town
Oum Drou is a town and commune in Chlef Province, Algeria.
Chlef
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Latitude
36.1649° or 36° 9′ 54″ north
Longitude
1.3316° or 1° 19′ 54″ east
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“Chlef” goes by many names.
ክለፍAmharic
أورليانفيل (historical)Arabic
الأصنام (historical)Arabic
الشلفArabic
شلفArabic
كاستيليوم تانجيتانيوم (historical)Arabic
كستلم تنجيتانم (historical)Arabic
ՇլեֆArmenian
ChlefAsturian
HlefAzerbaijani
ChlefBasque
ШлефBelarusian
Эш-ШэліфBelarusian
চেফBengali
ছলেফBengali
ШлефBulgarian
ChlefCatalan
ChlefCebuano
謝利夫Chinese
謝里夫Chinese
谢利夫Chinese
谢里夫Chinese
Al-AsnamDanish
ChlefDanish
OrléansvilleDanish
ChlefDutch
الشلفEgyptian Arabic
ChlefEsperanto
ŜlefEsperanto
ChlefFinnish
ChlefGalician
al-Asnām (historical)German
Ελ-ΑσνάμGreek
ΟρλεανβίλGreek
ΣλεφGreek
ક્લેફGujarati
ChlefHausa
שלאףHebrew
שלףHebrew
छलेफHindi
श्लेफ़Hindi
हलेफHindi
ChlefIndonesian
ChlefIrish
ChlefItalian
OrléansvilleItalian
シュレフJapanese
ChlefJavanese
CclefKabyle
ಕ್ಲೆಫ್Kannada
ХлефKazakh
ХлефKirghiz
슐레프Korean
Castellum TingitanumLatin
ŠelīfaLatvian
AsnamasLithuanian
ChlefLithuanian
OrleanvilisLithuanian
ŠalifasLithuanian
ŠelifasLithuanian
ŠlefasLithuanian
TingitanumLithuanian
ChlefMalay
क्लेफMarathi
ChlefMin Nan Chinese
ШлэфMoksha
ChlefNorthern Frisian
Ech CheliffNorwegian
ChlefNorwegian Bokmål
Ech CheliffNorwegian Bokmål
ChlefRomanian
ШелифRussian
ШлефRussian
Эш-ШелиффRussian
ŠlefSerbo-Croatian
චෙල්ෆ්Sinhala
ChlefSlovenian
ChlefSomali
شلفSouth Azerbaijani
ⵛⵛⵍⴼStandard Moroccan Tamazight
ChlefSwahili
Al-AsnamSwedish
ChlefSwedish
Ech CheliffSwedish
OrléansvilleSwedish
Lalawigan ng ChlefTagalog
ХлефTajik
கிலேபிTamil
ХлефTatar
చెఫ్Telugu
เชฟThai
ChlefTurkish
ШлефUkrainian
شلفUrdu
Ash-ShalifUzbek
ChlefUzbek
ChlefVenetian
ChlefVietnamese
ChlefWalloon
ChlefWaray (Philippines)
شلفWestern Panjabi
謝利夫Yue Chinese
ChlefZulu
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