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Algeciras

Algeciras is a city in the Andalucia region of southwestern . Most travellers come to Algeciras for its numerous ferry connections to and don't spend more than a few hours in the city. A shame, given the town's quiet charm.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Algeciras Railway Station and Parque del Centenario.

Railway station
Photo: Falconaumanni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the southernmost rail station on the Spanish rail network and on the European mainland, and serves the town of , .

Park
Photo: Falconaumanni, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a park located in . It was established in 2007 thanks to the collaboration between the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras and City Hall to mark the hundredth anniversary of the Algeciras Conference.

Fort
Photo: Falconaumanni, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a fort in , , It was built in the 1730s and destroyed in 1811 to deny it to the French. Today all that remains are the foundation and base ruins, in the , but it is a registered Bien de Interés…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El Pelayo.

Hamlet
or Pelayo is a village in the municipality of in the Province of Cadiz in southeastern Spain, It is located 7 miles southwest from the city centre, along the main road to the southern tip of Spain at , which is 14 kilometres away. is situated 5 km southwest of Algeciras.

Algeciras

Latitude
36.1055° or 36° 6′ 20″ north
Longitude
-5.4528° or 5° 27′ 10″ west
Population
117,000
Elevation
61 metres (200 feet)
Open location code
8C8P4G4W+5V
Geo­Names ID
6356919
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Algeciras” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Algeciras”
  • Arabic: “الجزيرة الخضراء”
  • Aragonese: “Alchezira”
  • Armenian: “Ալխեսիրաս”
  • Asturian: “Alxecires”
  • Azerbaijani: “Alhesiras”
  • Basque: “Algeciras”
  • Belarusian: “Альхесірас”
  • Bengali: “আলজেসিরাস”
  • Breton: “Algeciras”
  • Bulgarian: “Алхесирас”
  • Catalan: “Algesires”
  • Cebuano: “Algeciras”
  • Chechen: “Альхесирас”
  • Chinese: “阿尔赫西拉斯”
  • Croatian: “Algeciras”
  • Czech: “Algeciras”
  • Danish: “Algeciras”
  • Dutch: “Algeciras”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الخيثيراس”
  • Esperanto: “Algeciras”
  • Estonian: “Algeciras”
  • Finnish: “Algeciras”
  • French: “Algésiras”
  • Galician: “Alxeciras”
  • Georgian: “ალხესირასი”
  • German: “Algeciras”
  • Greek: “Αλχεθίρας”
  • Gujarati: “અલગેસીરાસ”
  • Haitian: “Algésiras”
  • Hebrew: “אלחסירס”
  • Hindi: “एलगेसीरास”
  • Hungarian: “Algeciras”
  • Ido: “Algeciras”
  • Indonesian: “Algeciras”
  • Interlingua: “Algeciras”
  • Interlingue: “Algeciras”
  • Irish: “Algeciras”
  • Italian: “Algeciras”
  • Japanese: “アルヘシラス”
  • Kannada: “ಆಲ್ಜೆಸಿರಾಸ್”
  • Korean: “알헤시라스”
  • Ladin: “Algeciras”
  • Latvian: “Alhesirasa”
  • Lithuanian: “Alchesirasas”
  • Lombard: “Algeciras”
  • Luxembourgish: “Algeciras”
  • Malagasy: “Algeciras”
  • Malay: “Algeciras”
  • Marathi: “अल्जेसिरस”
  • Moksha: “Альхэсирас”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “الخوزيرات”
  • Northern Frisian: “Algeciras”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Algeciras”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Algeciras”
  • Novial: “Algeciras”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Algeciras”
  • Ossetian: “Альхесирас”
  • Papiamento: “Algeciras”
  • Persian: “الگسیراز”
  • Polish: “Algeciras”
  • Portuguese: “Algeciras”
  • Romanian: “Algeciras”
  • Russian: “Альхесирас”
  • Scots: “Algeciras”
  • Serbian: “Алхесирас”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Algeciras”
  • Sicilian: “Algeciras”
  • Sinhala: “අල්ගේසිරස්”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آلقسیراس”
  • Spanish: “Algeciras”
  • Swedish: “Algeciras”
  • Tamil: “அல்ஜெசிரேஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Альхесирас”
  • Telugu: “అల్గేసిరస్”
  • Thai: “อัลเฆซิรัส”
  • Turkish: “Algeciras”
  • Ukrainian: “Альхесірас”
  • Urdu: “الخضراء”
  • Uzbek: “Algeciras”
  • Venetian: “Algeciras”
  • Vietnamese: “Algeciras”
  • Volapük: “Algeciras”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Algeciras”
  • Western Panjabi: “الغیکراس”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿尔赫西拉斯”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿爾赫西拉斯”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Algeciras”. Photo: Falconaumanni, CC BY 3.0.