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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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  • Type: City with 122,000 residents
  • Description: municipality and city in the province of Cádiz, Spain
  • Also known as: “Al Jezita” and “Algesiras”
  • Postal codes: 11200-11207, 11270, 11271, and 11280
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Algeciras Railway Station and Plaza de toros de Las Palomas.

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 Algeciras, .

Stadium
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, officially Monumental Las Palomas, is a bullring in Algeciras at the southern end of . The current building was built in 1969 and it can hold over 11,000 spectators.

Town hall
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is the town hall of Algeciras, , located at number 12 Calle Alfonso XI, also known as Calle Convento. The building was completed in 1897 and today houses much of City Council, including the offices of the Mayor, Secretary, and Press Office.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Palmones and Los Cortijillos.

Village
Photo: Falconaumanni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village on the between Algeciras and La Linea de la Concepcion in the in . The San Roque Refinery and Los Barrios commercial centre lie on either side of the town.

Village
Photo: El Pantera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village and district of the Spanish municipality of of the , Andalucia, Spain. It is located six kilometres east of the main town of the municipality, just south of , between and Algeciras.

Hamlet
Photo: Ambil, Public domain.
is a hamlet.

Algeciras

Latitude
36.1312° or 36° 7′ 52″ north
Longitude
-5.4474° or 5° 26′ 51″ west
Population
122,000
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
IATA airport code
AEI
United Nations Location Code
ES ALG
Open location code
8C8P4HJ3+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 267816660
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2522013
Wiki­data ID
Q484552
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Algeciras” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Algeciras”
  • Arabic: “الجزيرة الخضراء”
  • Aragonese: “Alchazira d’Alfadra”
  • Aragonese: “Alchecira”
  • Aragonese: “Alchezira”
  • Aragonese: “Algeciras”
  • Armenian: “Ալխեսիրաս”
  • Asturian: “Algeciras”
  • Asturian: “Alxecires”
  • Azerbaijani: “Alhesiras”
  • Basque: “Algeciras”
  • Belarusian: “Альхесірас”
  • Bengali: “আলজেসিরাস”
  • Breton: “Algeciras”
  • Bulgarian: “Алжесирас”
  • Bulgarian: “Алхесирас”
  • Catalan: “Algecires”
  • Catalan: “Algesires”
  • Cebuano: “Algeciras”
  • Chechen: “Альхесирас”
  • Chinese: “阿尔赫西拉斯”
  • Chinese: “阿爾赫西拉斯”
  • Croatian: “Algeciras”
  • Czech: “Algeciras”
  • Dagbani: “Algeciras”
  • Danish: “Algeciras”
  • Dutch: “Algeciras”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الجزيره الخضرة”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الخيثيراس”
  • Esperanto: “Algeciras”
  • Estonian: “Algeciras”
  • Finnish: “Algeciras”
  • French: “Algeciras”
  • French: “Algesiras”
  • French: “Algésiras”
  • Galician: “Algeciar”
  • Galician: “Alxeciras”
  • Georgian: “ალხესირასი”
  • German: “Algeciras”
  • German: “Hafen Algeciras”
  • Greek: “Αλγεθίρας”
  • Greek: “Αλχεθίρας”
  • Gujarati: “અલગેસીરાસ”
  • Haitian: “Algésiras”
  • Hebrew: “אלחסירס”
  • Hindi: “एलगेसीरास”
  • Hungarian: “Algeciras”
  • Ido: “Algeciras”
  • Indonesian: “Algeciras”
  • Interlingua: “Algeciras”
  • Interlingue: “Algeciras”
  • Irish: “Algeciras”
  • Italian: “Algeciras”
  • Italian: “Algesiras”
  • Japanese: “アルヘシーラス”
  • Japanese: “アルヘシラス”
  • Kannada: “ಆಲ್ಜೆಸಿರಾಸ್”
  • Korean: “알헤시라스”
  • Ladin: “Algeciras”
  • Ladino: “Algeciras”
  • Latvian: “Alhesirasa”
  • Lithuanian: “Alchesiras”
  • Lithuanian: “Alchesirasas”
  • Lithuanian: “Algeciras”
  • Lombard: “Algeciras”
  • Luxembourgish: “Algeciras”
  • Malagasy: “Algeciras”
  • Malay: “Algeciras”
  • Maltese: “Algericas”
  • Marathi: “अल्जेसिरस”
  • Moksha: “Альхэсирас”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “الخزيرات”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “الخوزيرات”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “خزيرات”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “خوزيرات”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لخزيرات”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لخوزيرات”
  • Northern Frisian: “Algeciras”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Algeciras”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Algericas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Algeciras”
  • Norwegian: “Algeciras”
  • Novial: “Algeciras”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Algeciras”
  • Ossetian: “Альхесирас”
  • Papiamento: “Algeciras”
  • Persian: “آلخسیراس”
  • Persian: “الگسیراز”
  • Polish: “Algeciras”
  • Portuguese: “Algeciras”
  • Portuguese: “Aljaziras”
  • Romanian: “Algeciras”
  • Romanian: “Algecíras”
  • Russian: “Алхесирас”
  • Russian: “Альхесирас”
  • Scots: “Algeciras”
  • Serbian: “Algeciras”
  • Serbian: “Alhesiras”
  • Serbian: “Алхесирас”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Algeciras”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Algesiras”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alhesiras”
  • Sicilian: “Algeciras”
  • Silesian: “Algericas”
  • Sinhala: “අල්ගේසිරස්”
  • Slovenian: “Algeciras”
  • Slovenian: “Algesiras”
  • Slovenian: “pristanišče Algeciras”
  • Somali: “Algeciras”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آلقسیراس”
  • Spanish: “Algazaces”
  • Spanish: “Algeciras España”
  • Spanish: “Algeciras”
  • Spanish: “Argeciras”
  • Swahili: “Algeciras”
  • Swedish: “Algeciras”
  • Tamil: “அல்ஜெசிரேஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Альхесирас”
  • Telugu: “అల్గేసిరస్”
  • Thai: “อัลเฆซิรัส”
  • Turkish: “Algeciras”
  • Ukrainian: “Альхесірас”
  • Urdu: “الجزیرہ الخضرا”
  • Urdu: “الخضراء”
  • Uzbek: “Algeciras”
  • Uzbek: “Alxesiras”
  • Uzbek: “Алгеcирас”
  • Uzbek: “Алхесирас”
  • 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”
  • “Algeciras”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Algeciras”. Photo: Falconaumanni, CC BY 3.0.