NE Algeria
Guelma Province
Guelma District

Guelma

Guelma is the capital of and , located in north-eastern , about 52 kilometers from the Mediterranean coast. Its location corresponds to that of ancient Calama.
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  • Type: City with 157,000 residents
  • Description: town in Algeria
  • Also known as: “ڨالمة”, “مالقا”, and “مالكا”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Roman theatre of Guelma and Boudjemaa Souidani Stadium.

Archaeological site
Photo: Fzahraa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an archaeological site.

Stadium
Photo: Numidix, CC BY 2.5.
The , is a multi-use in Guelma, . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of ES Guelma.

Theater building
Photo: Guten99, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a theater building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belkheir.

Town
is a town and commune in , . According to the 2008 census it has a population of 17,649.

Guelma

Latitude
36.4651° or 36° 27′ 54″ north
Longitude
7.4306° or 7° 25′ 50″ east
Population
157,000
Elevation
305 metres (1,001 feet)
IATA airport code
QGE
United Nations Location Code
DZ QGE
Open location code
8F89FC8J+27
Open­Street­Map ID
node 299824735
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2495662
Wiki­data ID
Q609871
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Guelma” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ڤالمة”
  • Arabic: “قالمة”
  • Arabic: “قالمه”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qelma”
  • Belarusian: “Гельма”
  • Bengali: “গোয়েলমা”
  • Breton: “Guelma”
  • Cebuano: “Guelma”
  • Chinese: “Guelma”
  • Chinese: “盖勒马”
  • Chinese: “蓋勒馬”
  • Czech: “Guelma”
  • Danish: “Guelma”
  • Dutch: “Guelma”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قالمه”
  • Esperanto: “Gelma”
  • Esperanto: “Guelma”
  • Finnish: “Guelma”
  • French: “Calama”
  • French: “Guelma”
  • French: “Guelmi”
  • French: “Guelmis”
  • French: “Guelmoi”
  • French: “Guelmois”
  • French: “Malaca”
  • French: “Ville assiette”
  • German: “Guelma”
  • German: “Qalima”
  • Greek: “Γκελμά”
  • Greek: “Γκουέλμα”
  • Gujarati: “ગેલમા”
  • Hebrew: “גאלמה”
  • Hebrew: “גלמה”
  • Hindi: “गुएलमा”
  • Ido: “Guelma”
  • Indonesian: “Guelma”
  • Irish: “Guelma”
  • Italian: “Calama”
  • Italian: “Guelma”
  • Japanese: “ゲルマ”
  • Kabyle: “Galma”
  • Kannada: “ಗುಲ್ಮಾ”
  • Korean: “겔마”
  • Latin: “Calama”
  • Latvian: “Gelma”
  • Lithuanian: “Gelma”
  • Lithuanian: “Guelma”
  • Lithuanian: “Qalmah”
  • Malay: “Guelma”
  • Marathi: “गेलमा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Guelma”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Guelma”
  • Norwegian: “Guelma”
  • Persian: “قالمه، الجزایر”
  • Polish: “Guelma”
  • Polish: “Kalima”
  • Portuguese: “Guelma”
  • Romanian: “Guelma”
  • Russian: “Гельма”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gelma”
  • Sinhala: “ගුඑල්මා”
  • Slovenian: “Guelma”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قالمه، الجزاییر”
  • Spanish: “Guelma”
  • Swahili: “Guelma”
  • Swedish: “Guelma”
  • Tamil: “குவெல்மா”
  • Telugu: “గుల్మా”
  • Thai: “กูเอลมา”
  • Turkish: “Guelma”
  • Ukrainian: “Гельма”
  • Urdu: “قالمہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Guelma”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Guelma”
  • Western Panjabi: “قالمہ”

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