Tipaza Province
Cherchell District
Commune de Cherchell

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”, “Cherche”, “Cherchez”, “Shershel”, and “Shershell”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Caesarea in Mauretania and Fort Joinville Lighthouse.

Ruins
Photo: Yelles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a Roman colony in Roman-Berber North Africa. It was the capital of Mauretania Caesariensis and is now called Cherchell, in modern .

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. The municipality of Novi is located about 32 kilometres west of and 7 kilometres southwest of Cherchell. 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
United Nations Location Code
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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Satellite Map

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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: “Іол”
  • Belarusian: “Цэзарэя Маўрэтанская”
  • Belarusian: “Шаршал”
  • Belarusian: “Шэршэль”
  • Catalan: “Cherchel”
  • Catalan: “Cherchell”
  • Catalan: “Sersell”
  • Catalan: “Sharshal”
  • Chinese: “Cherchell”
  • Chinese: “歇爾謝爾”
  • Chinese: “約爾”
  • Chinese: “約爾凱撒里亞”
  • Chinese: “約爾該撒利亞”
  • Chinese: “舍尔沙勒”
  • Chinese: “舍爾沙勒”
  • Chinese: “謝爾謝爾”
  • Czech: “Cherchell”
  • Danish: “Cherchell”
  • Dutch: “Caesarea”
  • Dutch: “Cherchel”
  • Dutch: “Cherchell”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شرشال”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉerĉelo”
  • Finnish: “Caesarea”
  • Finnish: “Cherchell”
  • French: “Cherchell”
  • French: “Wilaya de Cherchell”
  • Georgian: “შერშელი”
  • German: “Cherchell”
  • Greek: “Σερσέλ”
  • Hebrew: “שרשל”
  • Hungarian: “Sersel”
  • Indonesian: “Cherchell”
  • Irish: “Cherchell”
  • Italian: “Caesarea”
  • Italian: “Cesarea in Mauretania”
  • Italian: “Cesarea in Mauritania”
  • Italian: “Cherchell”
  • Italian: “Iol Caesarea”
  • Italian: “Iol cesarea”
  • Japanese: “カエサリア (マウレタニア)”
  • Japanese: “シェルシェル”
  • Japanese: “シャーシャル”
  • Kabyle: “Cercal”
  • Kongo: “Iol Caesarea”
  • Latin: “Caesarea Iol”
  • Latin: “Iol Caesarea”
  • Malay: “Cherchell”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Cherchell”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cherchell”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cherchell”
  • Persian: “شرشال”
  • Polish: “Cezarea Mauretańska”
  • Polish: “Cherchell”
  • Polish: “Iol”
  • Polish: “Szarszal”
  • Polish: “Szerszel”
  • Portuguese: “Cherchell”
  • Romanian: “Cherchell”
  • Russian: “Кесария Мавретанская”
  • Russian: “Кесария Мавританская”
  • Russian: “Шаршал”
  • Russian: “Шершель”
  • Slovenian: “Cherchel”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شرشال”
  • Spanish: “Caesarea Mauretaniae”
  • Spanish: “Cherchel”
  • Spanish: “Cherchell”
  • Swahili: “Cherchell”
  • Swedish: “Cherchel”
  • Swedish: “Cherchell”
  • Swedish: “Iol”
  • Turkish: “Şerşel”
  • Ukrainian: “Іол”
  • Ukrainian: “Цезарея Мавретанська”
  • Ukrainian: “Шершель”
  • Urdu: “شرشال”
  • Vietnamese: “Cherchel”
  • Vietnamese: “Cherchell”

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