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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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Khenchela is a city and commune in Algeria, serving as the capital of both Khenchela Province and Khenchela District. It is located within the Khenchela District and shares a border with El Hamma. The city’s native labels are خنشلة and ⵅⴻⵏⵛⵍⴰ.
The population of Khenchela is recorded as 108,580 in one source and 114,472 in another. It sits at an elevation of 1,128 meters above sea level, with another measurement citing 1,161 meters. The city operates in the UTC+01:00 time zone, also identified as Africa/Algiers, and uses the postal code 40000.
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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
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- Khenchela
- Settlement.official_name
- City of Khenchela
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- City
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- View of the city
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- DZ-40 Khenchela.svg
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- Location of Khenchela within Khenchela Province
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- Algeria
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- Location of Khenchela within Algeria
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- Country
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Khenchela
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Khenchela
- Settlement.seat_type
- District seat
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- PMA Seats
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- 33
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- Metric
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- 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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- Commons category
- Khenchela
- postal code
- 40000
- native label
- ⵅⴻⵏⵛⵍⴰ
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Khenchela” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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