Bordj El Kiffan

Bordj El Kiffan is a suburb of the city of in northern . It is in the eastern section of the city, near Matares Beach. Named Fort de l'Eau under French rule prior to 1962, used to be a famous beach resort within the Bay of Algiers, complete with luxury hotels and a casino.
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  • Town with 152,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 11 metres (36 feet)
  • Description: municipality of Algeria
  • Also known as
    “Bordj El Kiffan ⵓⵣⵎⵉⵔ ⵏ ⴰⵎⴰⵏ برج الكيفان”
    “Burj Al Kifan”
    “Fort de l’Eau”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Omar Benrabah Stadium and University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene.

Stadium
, is a multi-use located… is situated 3½ km southeast of Bordj El Kiffan.

University
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The University of Science and Technology – Houari… is situated 4 km south of Bordj El Kiffan.

Shopping center
The Centre Commercial Bab Ezzouar is a in , Algeria. is situated 4 km south of Bordj El Kiffan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dar El Beïda and Mohammadia.

Suburb
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is a municipality and the seat of the eponymous district, in . is situated 4 km southeast of Bordj El Kiffan.

Suburb
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Mohamadia is a suburb of the city of in northern . is situated 4½ km southwest of Bordj El Kiffan.

Town
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is a suburb of the capital . is situated 6 km southwest of Bordj El Kiffan.

Bordj El Kiffan

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Latitude
36.7473° or 36° 44′ 50″ north
Longitude
3.1909° or 3° 11′ 27″ east
UN/LOCODE
DZ BEK
Open location code
8F85P5WR+W9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 273094269
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2503661
Wiki­data ID
Q1184993

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Bordj El Kiffan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برج الكيفان”
  • Arabic: “بلديه برج الكيفان”
  • Catalan: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Catalan: “Fort-de-l’Eau”
  • Cebuano: “Bordj el Kiffan”
  • Chinese: “基凡堡”
  • Dutch: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برج الكيفان”
  • Esperanto: “Borĝ El Kiffan”
  • French: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • French: “Fort de l’eau”
  • French: “Fort-de-l’eau”
  • German: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • German: “Burdsch al-Kifan”
  • German: “Burj-al-Kiffan”
  • Greek: “Μπορτζ Ελ Κιφάν”
  • Hausa: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Hebrew: “בורג‘ אל-כיפאן”
  • Italian: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Japanese: “ボルジ・エル・キッファン”
  • Kabyle: “Burj Lkifan”
  • Lithuanian: “Bordj el Kiffan”
  • Lithuanian: “Bordž el Kifanas”
  • Lithuanian: “Burj al Kifan”
  • Luxembourgish: “Burj-al-Kiffan”
  • Malay: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Norwegian: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Persian: “برج الکیفان، الجزایر”
  • Persian: “برج الکیفان”
  • Polish: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Polish: “Burdż al-Kifan”
  • Portuguese: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Romanian: “Bordj El Kifan”
  • Romanian: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Russian: “Бурдж-эль-Киффан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Borj El Kifan”
  • South Azerbaijani: “برج الکیفان، الجزاییر”
  • Spanish: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Swahili: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Swedish: “Bordj el Kiffan”
  • Turkish: “Burcü’l-Kifan”
  • Urdu: “برج الکیفان”
  • Vietnamese: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bordj el Kiffan”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as BT N° 9 and Mouhous.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include ساحة البلدية and البريد السريع EMS برج الكيفان.

Algeria: Highlights

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