Kalâa of Ait Abbas
The Kalâa of the Aït Abbas, sometimes spelled Qal'a or Guelaa, was a citadel and the capital of the Kingdom of Ait Abbas, which was founded in the sixteenth century in the Bibans and almost totally destroyed during the revolt of Cheikh Mokrani in 1871.
- Village
- …is also known as “قلعة بني عباس ⵇⴰⵍⵄⴰ ⵍⴰⵉⵜ ⵄⴰⴱⴰⵙ”
- Description: building in Algeria
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Latitude
36.29669° or 36° 17′ 48″ north
Longitude
4.58009° or 4° 34′ 48″ east
Open location code
8F867HWJ+M2
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place = village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Kalâa of Ait Abbas” goes by many names.
قلعة بني عباسArabic
Kalat Bani AbbasCatalan
La Kalâa des Beni AbbèsItalian
Lqelɛa n At ƐebbasKabyle
قلعہ بنی عباسUrdu
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