El Goléa

El Menia is an oasis town and commune, and capital of , in the homonymous , . The former name is El Goléa; together in Arabic, the two names mean Impregnable Castle.
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  • Type: City with 40,200 residents
  • Description: town in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria
  • Also known as: Al-Mani’a”, “El Menia”, “El Ménia”, and “El Meniaa
  • Historically known as: El Golea

Places of Interest

Highlights include El Golea Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airport in El Menia, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hassi El Garra.

Village
Photo: Habib kaki, CC0.
Hassi Gara is a town and commune in , , . According to the 2008 census it has a population of 17,801, up from 13,911 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 2.5%. It is effectively a suburb of the larger town El Goléa.

El Goléa

Latitude
30.5837° or 30° 35′ 1″ north
Longitude
2.8831° or 2° 52′ 59″ east
Population
40,200
Elevation
423 metres (1,388 feet)
IATA airport code
ELG
United Nations Location Code
DZ ELG
Open location code
8F24HVMM+F6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 258799889
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2498305
Wiki­data ID
Q1324185
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“El Goléa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: القليعة
  • Arabic: الڨليعة
  • Arabic: المنيعة
  • Chinese: El Menia
  • Chinese: 古莱阿
  • Chinese: 迈尼耶
  • Czech: El Golea
  • Danish: El Goléa
  • Dutch: El Goléa
  • Egyptian Arabic: المنيعه
  • Finnish: El Meniaa
  • French: El Golea
  • French: El Goléa
  • French: El Ménéa
  • French: El Menia
  • French: El Meniaa
  • French: El Méniaa
  • French: El Mianiaa
  • French: El-Goléa
  • German: El Golea
  • German: El Menia
  • German: El Meniaa
  • Greek: Ελ Μενιά
  • Greek: Ελ Μενία
  • Italian: Al-Mani’a
  • Italian: Al-Mania
  • Italian: El Menia
  • Italian: El-Golea
  • Italian: El-Goléa
  • Japanese: エル・ゴレア
  • Japanese: エル・メニア
  • Japanese: エルゴレア
  • Kabyle: Lemniɛa
  • Lithuanian: El Golea
  • Lithuanian: Golea
  • Lithuanian: Golėja
  • Lithuanian: Menija
  • Malay: El Menia
  • Maltese: El Menia
  • Min Nan Chinese: El Menia
  • Persian: منیعه
  • Portuguese: El Menia
  • Romanian: El golea
  • Romanian: El Golea
  • Romanian: El Goléa
  • Romanian: El Menia
  • Russian: Аль-Джулия
  • Russian: Эль-Голеа
  • South Azerbaijani: منیعه
  • Spanish: El Menia
  • Ukrainian: Ель-Голеа
  • Vietnamese: El Menia
  • Vietnamese: El Meniaa

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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 “El Goléa”. Photo: Michel-georges bernard, CC BY-SA 3.0.