M’Sila Province
Ouled Derradj
Maadid

Al Qal’a of Beni Hammad

Qal'at Bani Hammad, also known as Qal'a Bani Hammad or Qal'at of the Beni Hammad, is a fortified palatine city in . Now in ruins, in the 11th century, it served as the first capital of the Hammadid dynasty.
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  • Type: Fort
  • Description: fortified palatine city in Algeria
  • Also known as: “Beni Hammad Fort” and “Qal’at Bani Hammad”

Al Qal’a of Beni Hammad

Latitude
35.82159° or 35° 49′ 18″ north
Longitude
4.78994° or 4° 47′ 24″ east
Elevation
1,001 metres (3,284 feet)
Open location code
8F76RQCQ+JX
Geo­Names ID
6941924
Wiki­data ID
Q500367
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Al Qal’a of Beni Hammad” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة بني حماد”
  • Arabic: “قلعه بني حماد”
  • Armenian: “Բենի Համմադ ամրոց”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qalatu Bəni Həmmad”
  • Basque: “Beni Hammad gotorlekua”
  • Belarusian: “Кала-Бені-Хамад”
  • Bengali: “বেনি হামাদ দুর্গ”
  • Bulgarian: “Ал Кала Бени Хамад”
  • Bulgarian: “Кала Бени Хамад”
  • Burmese: “ဘင်နီဟာမက် ခံတပ်”
  • Catalan: “Kala dels Banu Hammad”
  • Catalan: “Kalat Bani Hammad”
  • Catalan: “Kalat Banu Hammad”
  • Catalan: “Kiyana”
  • Catalan: “Qala dels Banu Hammad”
  • Catalan: “Qàlat Bani Hammad”
  • Chinese: “貝尼·哈瑪德的卡拉城”
  • Chinese: “貝尼•哈瑪德的卡拉城”
  • Chinese: “贝尼·哈玛德的卡拉城”
  • Croatian: “Beni Hammad”
  • Danish: “Al Qal’a i Beni Hammad”
  • Dutch: “Al Qal’a”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة بنى حماد”
  • Esperanto: “Beni Hammad”
  • Finnish: “Beni Hammadin Al Qal’a”
  • French: “Kalâa (ou Kalaa ou Qalâa ou Qa’la) des Banû Hammad (ou Béni Hammad)”
  • French: “Kalaa des Beni Hammad”
  • French: “Kalâa des Béni Hammad”
  • French: “La Qalaa des Beni Hammad”
  • French: “Qalaa des Beni Hammad”
  • Galician: “Al-Qal’a de Beni Hammad”
  • Georgian: “ყალა ბენი ჰამადი”
  • Georgian: “ყალა-ბენი-ჰამადი”
  • German: “Al Qal’a von Beni Hammad”
  • German: “Beni Hammad”
  • German: “Beni-Hammad-Festung”
  • Greek: “Αλ Κάλα του Μπενί Χαμάντ”
  • Greek: “Μπενί Χαμάντ”
  • Hausa: “Beni Hammad Fort”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת בני חמאד”
  • Hebrew: “קלעת בני חמאד”
  • Hebrew: “קלעת חמאד”
  • Hindi: “क़लात बनी हम्माद”
  • Hungarian: “Beni Hammád erődje”
  • Italian: “Al Qal’a di Beni Hammad”
  • Italian: “Qal’a dei Banu Hammad”
  • Italian: “Qal’a dei Beni Hammad”
  • Japanese: “ベニ・ハンマードの城塞”
  • Kabyle: “Taqliɛt n At Ḥemmad”
  • Kabyle: “Timidelt n At Ḥemmad”
  • Korean: “베니 하마드 요새”
  • Lithuanian: “Beni Hamadas”
  • Macedonian: “Кала Бани Хамад”
  • Maithili: “बेनी हमादक अल किला”
  • Malayalam: “ബെനി ഹമ്മദ് കോട്ട”
  • Maltese: “Al Qal’a ta‘ Beni Hammad”
  • Maltese: “Al Qal’a ta’ Beni Hammad”
  • Mingrelian: “ყალა-ბენი-ჰამადი”
  • Nepali: “बेनी हमादको अल कला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al Qal’a”
  • Norwegian: “Al Qal’a”
  • Persian: “بنی‌حماد (دژ)”
  • Persian: “بنی‌حماد”
  • Polish: “Bani Hammad”
  • Polish: “Beni Hammad”
  • Polish: “Kalat Bani Hammad”
  • Portuguese: “Beni Hammad”
  • Portuguese: “Calate dos Banu Hamade”
  • Russian: “Бени-Хаммад”
  • Russian: “Кала-Бени-Хаммад”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Beni Hammad”
  • Slovenian: “Al Qal’a v Beni Hammad”
  • Spanish: “Al Qal’a de Beni Hammad”
  • Spanish: “Al Qal’a”
  • Spanish: “Al-Qal’a de Beni Hammad”
  • Spanish: “Al-Qal’a”
  • Spanish: “Kalaa de Beni Hammad”
  • Spanish: “Kalaa de Béni Hammad”
  • Spanish: “Kalaa de Beni-Hammad”
  • Spanish: “Kalaa de Béni-Hammad”
  • Spanish: “Kalâa de Beni-Hammad”
  • Spanish: “Kalâa de Béni-Hammad”
  • Spanish: “La Kalaa de Beni Hammad”
  • Spanish: “La Kalaa de Béni Hammad”
  • Spanish: “La Kalâa de Béni Hammad”
  • Spanish: “La Kalaa de Beni-Hammad”
  • Spanish: “La Kalaa de Béni-Hammad”
  • Spanish: “La Kalâa de Beni-Hammad”
  • Spanish: “La Kalâa de Béni-Hammad”
  • Swahili: “Beni Hammad Fort”
  • Swedish: “Al Qal’a av Beni Hammad”
  • Swedish: “Al Qal’a i Beni Hammad”
  • Swedish: “Al Qal’a”
  • Swedish: “Qalaat Beni Hammad”
  • Turkish: “Beni Hammad Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Аль-Кала-Бені-Хаммад”
  • Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Beni Hammad”

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