Koléa
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Koléa () is a city in Tipaza Province, northern Algeria, located approximately southwest of Algiers. Its population in 2010 was 46,685.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kolea
- Settlement.native_name
- القليعة
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Koléa - la mairie دار البلدية - القليعة - panoramio.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Kolea city hall
- Settlement.image_map
- Dz - 42-35 - Kolea - Wilaya de Tipaza map.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Koléa District highlighted in Tipaza Province
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Algeria
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Koléa in Algeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Algeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tipaza
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Koléa
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_total
- 61,643
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Algeria
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Koléa District
- Elevation
- 230
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Koléa District
- Shares border with
- Fouka
- Image
- Koléa - la mairie دار البلدية - القليعة - panoramio.jpg
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Koléa
- postal code
- 42003 Koléa<br>42034 Kolea Hai Billal
- Commons category
- Koléa
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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- External links
Koléa () is a city in Tipaza Province, northern Algeria, located approximately southwest of Algiers. Its population in 2010 was 46,685.
==History== Kolea was founded in 1550 by Hayreddin Barbarossa. In 1838, Lamoricère moved there with his regiment of Zouaves and built four forts: at Fouka, Tombourouf, Ben Azzouz, and Mokta-Khera.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Koléa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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