Kalâa of Ait Abbas
The Kalâa of the Aït Abbas or Kalâa of the Beni Abbes, 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.Photo: Riad Hadjsadok, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kalâa of Ait Abbas
- Type: Village
- Description: building in Algeria
- Categories: citadel, qal’a, and locality
- Location: Ighil Ali, Béjaia Province, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
36.29669° or 36° 17′ 48″ northLongitude
4.58009° or 4° 34′ 48″ eastOpen location code
8F867HWJ+M2OpenStreetMap ID
node 1829274602OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q3192287
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Kalâa of Ait Abbas” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة بني عباس”
- Catalan: “Kalat Bani Abbas”
- French: “Kalâa des Aït Abbès”
- French: “Kalâa des Beni Abbès”
- French: “Takorabt ou Kalâa N’Ath Abbès ou Kalâa Beni Abbès”
- French: “Takorabt”
- Italian: “La Kalâa des Beni Abbès”
- Kabyle: “Lqelɛa n At Ɛebbas”
- Spanish: “Qalat de los Beni Abés”
- Urdu: “قلعہ بنی عباس”
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