Skikdah (Algeria)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
סקיקדה (אלג'יריה)
Name (Latin)
Skikdah (Algeria)
Other forms of name
Skikda (Algeria)
nnaa Philippeville, Algeria
Philippeville (Algeria)
Phillipville (Algeria)
Coordinates
6.9 6.9 36.86666667 36.86666667 (gooearth )
Associated country
Algeria
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 132551654
Wikidata: Q2292517
Library of congress: n 82160567
Sources of Information
  • BGN 10/82(Skikda, ppl., 36°52ʹN, 6°54ʹE; variants: Philippeville, Phillipville)
  • al-Siyāsah al-Faransīyah wa-al-muqāwamah al-Jazāʼirīyah fī minṭaqat Skīkdah, 1838-1858, 2004.
  • Gt. Brit. War Office. G.S.G.S. Philippeville, 1942.
  • BGN 10/82(Skikda, ppl., 36p0s52ʹN, 6p0s54ʹE; variants: Philippeville, Phillipville)

Wikipedia description:

Skikda (Arabic: سكيكدة; formerly Philippeville from 1838 to 1962 and Rusicade in ancient times) is a city in northeastern Algeria and a port on the Mediterranean. It is the capital of Skikda Province and Skikda District.

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