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Chlef is the capital city of Chlef Province in northern Algeria, founded in 1843 as Orléansville on Roman ruins. After a devastating 1980 earthquake, it was renamed Chlef after the nearby Chelif River, the longest river in Algeria.
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Place details
- Locality
- Chlef الشلف
- Region
- الشلف Chlef ⵛⵛⵍⴻⴼ
- Country
- ⵍⵣⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ الجزائر
- Population
- 178,616
- Timezone
- Africa/Algiers
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Chlef
- Settlement.native_name
- الشلف
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_map
- DZ 02 Chlef.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 180px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Chlef, Algeria within Chlef Province
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Algeria
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300px
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Chlef
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Chlef
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 114
- Settlement.population_total
- 178,616
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Named after
- Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans
- Official name
- Chlef
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Department of Algiers
- Population
- 155134
- Elevation
- 114
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Chlef District
- Shares border with
- Labiod Medjadja
- Official website
- chlef.mta.gov.dz
- Image
- Chlef-rue-20-août.jpg
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- category for people born here
- Q13335579
- topic's main category
- Category:Chlef
- Commons category
- Chlef
- postal code
- 02000
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Chlef
- twinned administrative body
- Skopje
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Article · Deutsch
Ech Cheliff (auch Ech-Cheliff, El-Asnam, El Asnam, früher französisch Orléansville; arabisch الشلف asch-Schalif, DMG aš-Šalif oder الأصنام al-Asnām, DMG al-Aṣnām, tamazight ⵛⵛⵍⴻⴼ Cclef) ist eine Großstadt im Norden Algeriens mit 178.616 (Zensus 2008) Einwohnern. Sie liegt in der Provinz Chlef, deren Hauptstadt sie ist. Die Universitätsstadt bildet das Zentrum einer reichen Region, in der intensiv Landwirtschaft betrieben wird.
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