Cherchell

Cherchell is a town on 's Mediterranean coast, 89 kilometers west of . It is the seat of in . Under the names Iol and Caesarea, it was formerly a Roman colony and the capital of the kingdoms of Numidia and Mauretania.
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  • Type: Town with 48,100 residents
  • Description: municipality of Algeria
  • Also known as: “Caesarea”, “Caesarea in Mauretania”, “Caesarea Mauretaniae”, “Cesarea in Mauretania”, “Cesarea in Mauritania”, “Cezarea Mauretańska”, “Cherche”, “Cherchell ⵛⴻⵔⵛⴻⵍ شرشال”, “Cherchez”, “Iol”, “Iol cesarea”, “Sharshal”, “Shershel”, “Shershell”, “Szerszel”, “Wilaya de Cherchell”, “Іол”, “Кесария Мавретанская”, “Кесария Мавританская”, “Цезарея Мавретанська”, “Цэзарэя Маўрэтанская”, “カエサリア (マウレタニア)”, “シャーシャル”, “約爾”, “約爾凱撒里亞”, “約爾該撒利亞”, and “謝爾謝爾”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Caesarea in Mauretania and Fort Joinville Lighthouse.

Ruins
Photo: Yelles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a Roman colony in Roman-Berber North Africa.

Lighthouse
Photo: habib kaki, CC BY 3.0.

Military installation
Photo: Magharebia, CC BY 2.0.
is a military installation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sidi Ghiles.

Town
Photo: Yelles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town on 's Mediterranean coast. is situated 7 km southwest of Cherchell.

Cherchell

Latitude
36.6075° or 36° 36′ 27″ north
Longitude
2.1902° or 2° 11′ 25″ east
Population
48,100
Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)
IATA airport code
ZZC
UN/LOCODE
DZ CHE
Open location code
8F84J55R+23
Open­Street­Map ID
node 424966632
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2501440
Wiki­data ID
Q1617666
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Vietnamese—“Cherchell” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Καισάρεια”
  • Arabic: “شرشال”
  • Armenian: “Շերշել”
  • Asturian: “Cherchell”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şərşal”
  • Basque: “Cherchell”
  • Belarusian: “Шэршэль”
  • Catalan: “Sersell”
  • Chinese: “歇爾謝爾”
  • Chinese: “舍尔沙勒”
  • Chinese: “舍爾沙勒”
  • Czech: “Cherchell”
  • Danish: “Cherchell”
  • Dutch: “Cherchell”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شرشال”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉerĉelo”
  • Finnish: “Cherchell”
  • French: “Cherchell”
  • Georgian: “შერშელი”
  • German: “Cherchell”
  • Greek: “Σερσέλ”
  • Hebrew: “שרשל”
  • Hungarian: “Sersel”
  • Indonesian: “Cherchell”
  • Irish: “Cherchell”
  • Italian: “Cherchell”
  • Japanese: “シェルシェル”
  • Kabyle: “Cercal”
  • Kongo: “Iol Caesarea”
  • Latin: “Caesarea Iol”
  • Malay: “Cherchell”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Cherchell”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cherchell”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cherchell”
  • Persian: “شرشال”
  • Polish: “Szarszal”
  • Portuguese: “Cherchell”
  • Romanian: “Cherchell”
  • Russian: “Шаршал”
  • Russian: “Шершель”
  • Slovenian: “Cherchel”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شرشال”
  • Spanish: “Cherchell”
  • Swahili: “Cherchell”
  • Swedish: “Cherchell”
  • Turkish: “Şerşel”
  • Ukrainian: “Шершель”
  • Urdu: “شرشال”
  • Vietnamese: “Cherchel”
  • Vietnamese: “Cherchell”

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