Cherchell District
Cherchell District is a district of Tipaza Province, Algeria. The district is further divided into 4 municipalities:…| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: district of Algeria
- Description: district of Algeria
- Also known as: “Arrondissement de Cherchell” and “Daira de Cherchell”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Archaeological Museum of Cherchell and Caesarea in Mauretania.
Archaeological Museum of Cherchell
Archaeological site
The Archaeological Museum of Cherchell is an archaeological museum located in the center of the seaport town of Cherchell in Tipaza Province, Algeria.
Caesarea in Mauretania
Ruins
Photo: Yelles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Caesarea in Mauretania was a Roman colony in Roman-Berber North Africa. It was the capital of Mauretania Caesariensis and is now called Cherchell, in modern Algeria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cherchell and Sidi Ghiles.
Cherchell
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cherchell is a town on Algeria's Mediterranean coast, 89 kilometers west of Algiers. It is the seat of Cherchell District in Tipaza Province. Under the names Iol and Caesarea, it was formerly a Roman colony and the capital of the kingdoms of Numidia and Mauretania.
Sidi Ghiles
Town
Photo: Yelles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sidi Ghiles is a town on Algeria's Mediterranean coast. The municipality of Novi is located about 32 kilometres west of Tipasa and 7 kilometres southwest of Cherchell. Sidi Ghiles is situated 6 km west of Cherchell District.
Cherchell District
- Location: Tipaza Province, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Cherchell District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دائرة شرشال”
- Belarusian: “акруга Шэршэль”
- Chinese: “Cherchell Koān”
- French: “Cherchell”
- French: “Daïra de Cherchell”
- Italian: “distretto di Cherchell”
- Italian: “Distretto di Cherchell”
- Kabyle: “Tadayra n Cercal”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Cherchell Koān”
- Persian: “ناحیه شرشال”
- Portuguese: “Cherchell”
- Romanian: “Districtul Cherchell”
- Russian: “округ Шаршал”
- Zulu: “Cherchell District”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Les Rosiers and Neurkache.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fort de Bab er Rous and Cape Cherchel.
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