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Chlef
Chlef, Algeria · Africa
About Chlef
Chlef sits on the route: 15 minutes from Ech Chettia.
Chlef is in Algeria, with about 180,000 people. The nearest town is Ech Chettia, about 8 km away.
Chlef (Arabic: الشلف, romanized: aš-Šalif) is the capital of Chlef Province, Algeria. Located in the north of Algeria, 200 kilometres (120 mi) west of the capital, Algiers, it was founded in 1843, as Orléansville, on the ruins of Roman Castellum Tingitanum. In 1962, it was renamed al-Asnam, but after the devastatingRead more
earthquake on October 10, 1980, it has borne its present name, Chlef, which is derived from the name of the Chelif River, the longest river in Algeria.
It is home to the soccer club ASO Chlef, the Hassiba Ben Bouali university, and the ruins of the basilica of Reparatus, who was bishop of Castellum Tingitanum from 465 to 475. A corner of the flooring of the basilica contained a mosaic labyrinth, the oldest known example of Christian use of this motif.
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Chlef is in Chlef, Algeria, about 8 km from Ech Chettia.
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- Population
- 178,616
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Algeria
- Region
- Chlef
- Timezone
- Africa/Algiers
- Coordinates
- 36.1653, 1.3345
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