Cherchell
Sign in to savethumb|250px|right|The port of Cherchell thumb|250px|right|Cherchell bay with Mont Chenoua in the background thumb|250px|right|Road to the neighborhood of Tizirine thumb|250px|right|Archaeological Museum of Cherchell. Cherchell () is a town on Algeria's Mediterranean coast, west of Algiers. It is the seat of Cherchell District in Tipaza Province. Under the names Iol and Caesarea, it was formerly a Roman colony and the capital of the kingdoms of Numidia and Mauretania.
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- Cherchell's fountain place
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- Cherchell
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- شرشال
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- ar
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- Location of Cherchell in the Tipaza Province
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- Town
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- Algeria
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- Tipaza
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- Cherchell
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thumb|250px|right|The port of Cherchell thumb|250px|right|Cherchell bay with Mont Chenoua in the background thumb|250px|right|Road to the neighborhood of Tizirine thumb|250px|right|Archaeological Museum of Cherchell. Cherchell () is a town on Algeria's Mediterranean coast, west of Algiers. It is the seat of Cherchell District in Tipaza Province. Under the names Iol and Caesarea, it was formerly a Roman colony and the capital of the kingdoms of Numidia and Mauretania.
==Names== The town was originally known by a Phoenician and Punic name that included the element (), meaning "island". Yol is often attributed to the name of a local divinity of the sea as the word "Ilel / Yelel" in local etymology meaning sea in Tamazight This may have been , meaning "Island of Sand". The Punic name was hellenized as Iṑl (Greek language:Ἰὼλ) and latinized as Iol. The modern name Cherchel and Cherchell are French transcriptions of the berber word Šaršār (Achercher) to signify "Waterfall".
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Ancient Berber citiesArchaeological sites in AlgeriaCatholic titular sees in AfricaCommunes of Tipaza ProvinceFormer Roman Catholic dioceses in AfricaLighthouses in AlgeriaPhoenician colonies in AlgeriaPopulated places established in the 4th century BCRoman towns and cities in Mauretania CaesariensisTipaza Province