Chiffa
Chiffa is a town and gorge in the Tell Atlas Mountains of northern Algeria. This gorge is one of the few habitat areas in Algeria that supports a sub-population of the Barbary macaque, Macaca sylvanus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: habib kaki, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Town with 34,300 residents
- Description: human settlement in Algeria
- Also known as: “La Chiffa”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sidi Madani and Mouzaïa.
Sidi Madani
Village
Photo: Habib kaki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sidi Madani is a village, which is situated 3 km south of Chiffa.
Mouzaïa
Town
Photo: Yelles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mouzaïa is a town and commune in Blida Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 28,552. Mouzaïa is situated 4½ km west of Chiffa.
Bouarfa
Town
Photo: mekfouldji abdelkrim, CC BY 2.0.
Bouarfa is a town and commune in Blida Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 30,258. Bouarfa is situated 6 km east of Chiffa.
Chiffa
- Categories: commune of Algeria and locality
- Location: Commune de Chiffa, Mouzaia, Blida Province, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
36.46223° or 36° 27′ 44″ northLongitude
2.74091° or 2° 44′ 27″ eastPopulation
34,300Elevation
110 metres (361 feet)United Nations Location Code
DZ CHFOpen location code
8F84FP6R+V9OpenStreetMap ID
node 394180413OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Chiffa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الشفة”
- Arabic: “شفة”
- Cebuano: “Chiffa”
- Chinese: “Chiffa”
- Dutch: “Chiffa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الشفه”
- French: “Chiffa”
- Italian: “Chiffa”
- Japanese: “チッファ”
- Japanese: “チファ”
- Malay: “Chiffa”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Chiffa”
- Persian: “الشفه، ولایت البلیده”
- Portuguese: “Chiffa”
- Romanian: “Chiffa”
- Spanish: “Chiffa”
- Swedish: “Chiffa”
- Urdu: “شفہ”
- Vietnamese: “Chiffa”
- Zulu: “Chiffa”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chiffa”. Photo: habib kaki, CC BY 3.0.