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Khenchela
Sign in to saveKhenchela (; ; anciently Mascula) is the capital city of the administrative Khenchela Province (Wilaya), in the north east of Algeria. Situated in the Aures Mountains, 1200 m above sea level. The city is mainly populated by Berber Chaouis.
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Place details
- Locality
- Khenchela ⵅⴻⵏⵛⵍⴰ خنشلة
- Region
- خنشلة ⵅⴻⵏⵛⵍⴻⵜ
- Country
- ⵍⵣⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ الجزائر
- Population
- 114,472
- Timezone
- Africa/Algiers
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Khenchela
- Settlement.official_name
- City of Khenchela
- Settlement.type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Khenchela.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of the city
- Settlement.image_map
- DZ-40 Khenchela.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Khenchela within Khenchela Province
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Algeria
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Khenchela within Algeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Khenchela
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Algeria
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Khenchela District
- Population
- +108580
- Elevation
- +1128
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Khenchela District
- Shares border with
- El Hamma
- Image
- Mosquée Ben Badis à Khenchela, (Algérie).jpg
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Khenchela (; ; anciently Mascula) is the capital city of the administrative Khenchela Province (Wilaya), in the north east of Algeria. Situated in the Aures Mountains, 1200 m above sea level. The city is mainly populated by Berber Chaouis.
==History== thumb|Statue of Queen Kahina in Baghai, Khenchela province Kahina led a decades long war against the Islamic conquest in the 7th century and built a castle here. During the Barbary period there were many inter-town conflicts over water resources.