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Farkhana

Farkhana is a town in , , . According to the 2004 census, it has a population of 10,994.
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Photo: Ángel Gutiérrez Rubio, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Estadio Municipal Álvarez Claro and Hernandez Park.

Stadium
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The Estadio Álvarez Claro is a stadium in , . It is currently used for football matches and it is the home venue of UD Melilla. It was inaugurated on 29 September 1945. is situated 3 km east of Farkhana.

Park
Photo: Miguel González Novo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hernández Park is a historic garden located in the center of the autonomous city of , , and is situated in the Modernist Expansion District on Plaza de España. is situated 3½ km east of Farkhana.

Museum
Photo: Miguel González Novo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a museum, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Farkhana.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bni Chiker and Melilla.

Town
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Beni Chiker or Ait Chicher is a town in , . At the time of the 2014 census, it had a population of 26,884. It is the birthplace of the writer Mohammed Choukri and of Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, who on 16 May 2012 was appointed Minister of Women's Rights and Government spokesperson in the Ayrault government in France. is situated 3 km west of Farkhana.

Photo: Ecemaml, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a charming Spanish exclave in , with a small surface area of just 14 km² and a population of around 85,000 inhabitants, 130 km from the Spanish mainland, in the heart of the Rif region, bordered to the east by the Alboran Sea and to the south by .

Neighborhood
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is one of the barrios of the city of , a exclave on the north coast of Africa. is located in the central north of the city, 500 metres from the Mediterranean coast and one kilometre northwest of Melilla la Vieja, the old walled city. is situated 4 km east of Farkhana.

Farkhana

Latitude
35.28611° or 35° 17′ 10″ north
Longitude
-2.98092° or 2° 58′ 51″ west
Population
11,000
Elevation
56 metres (184 feet)
Open location code
8C7V72P9+CJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1884851469
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2549014
Wiki­data ID
Q428202
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Farkhana” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جماعه فرخانه”
  • Arabic: “فرخانة”
  • Asturian: “Farkhana”
  • Basque: “Farkhana”
  • Cebuano: “Farkhâna”
  • Dutch: “Farkhana”
  • French: “Farkhana”
  • Italian: “Farkhana”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “فرخانة”
  • Persian: “فرخانه”
  • Portuguese: “Farkhana”
  • Sardinian: “Farkhana”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فرخانه”
  • Spanish: “Farjana”
  • Spanish: “Frajana”
  • Swedish: “Farkhana”

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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 “Farkhana”. Photo: Ángel Gutiérrez Rubio, CC BY 2.0.