El Kala

El Kala is a seaport of , in El Tarf Province, 90 km by rail east of and 16 km west of the frontier. It is the centre of the Algerian and Tunisian coral fisheries and has an extensive industry in the curing of sardines.
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  • Town with about 35,700 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (70 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code QLK
  • …is also known as “القالة ⵍⵇⴰⵍⴰ”
  • …was formerly known as “لا كل”
  • Description: town in Algeria

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ile Maudite.
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El Kala

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Latitude
36.8961° or 36° 53′ 46″ north
Longitude
8.4431° or 8° 26′ 35″ east
UN/LOCODE
DZ CLE and DZ QLK
Open location code
8F8CVCWV+F6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 425297963
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2497988
Wiki­data ID
Q3050005

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“El Kala” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “القالة”
  • Arabic: “القاله”
  • Arabic: “قالة”
  • Asturian: “El Kala”
  • Catalan: “El Kala”
  • Cebuano: “El Kala”
  • Chinese: “卡拉 (阿爾及利亞)”
  • Chinese: “卡拉”
  • Danish: “El Kala”
  • Dutch: “El Kala”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “القاله”
  • French: “El Kala”
  • French: “La Calle” (historical)
  • French: “Port de la Calle” (historical)
  • German: “El Kala”
  • Hausa: “El Kala”
  • Hebrew: “אל-קאלה”
  • Hungarian: “Al-Kála”
  • Italian: “El Kala”
  • Japanese: “エル・カラ”
  • Kabyle: “Lqala”
  • Malay: “El Kala”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “El Kala”
  • Persian: “قاله”
  • Portuguese: “Alcalá”
  • Portuguese: “El Kala”
  • Romanian: “El Kala”
  • Russian: “Эль-Кала”
  • Russian: “Эль-Калы”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “El Kala”
  • Spanish: “El Kala”
  • Swedish: “El Kala”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Кала”
  • Vietnamese: “El Kala”

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