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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
via Wikipedia infobox
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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On the map
2 mapped locations