Constantine
city in Algeria
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Summary
Constantine is a city[1]. Constantine ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,754 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Daïra of Constantine[3], French Algeria[4]
- Country: Algeria[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Rhummel River[6]
- Instance of: commune of Algeria[7], big city[8]
- Shares border with: Zighoud Youcef[9]
- Named after: Constantine the Great[10]
- Twinned administrative body: Sousse[11], Grenoble[12], Istanbul[13], Abu Dhabi[14], Jeddah[15], Isfahan[16]
- Postal code: 25000[17]
- Commons category: Constantine, Algeria[18]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[19]
- Significant event: Siege of Constantine[20], Battle of Constantine[21]
- Official website: http://www.wilaya-constantine.dz/[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Constantine, Algeria[23]
- Population: 448,374[24], 442,862[25], 462,187[26], 443,727[27], 345,566[28], 465,138[29], 245,621[30]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[31], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[32], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], Pauly–Wissowa[34], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[35], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[36], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[38], Meyer’s Universum, Fünfter Band[39]
- Replaces: Cirta[40]
- Capital of: Constantine Province[41], Daïra of Constantine[42]
- Official name: قسنطينة[43]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Constantine, Algeria[44]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Constantine, Algeria[45]
- Demonym: Constantinois[46], Constantinoise[47]
- Native label: قسنطينة[48]
- Category for people buried here: Q112228409[49]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Constantine, Algeria[50]
- Owner of: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui[51]
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Physical Characteristics
Constantine covers an area of 2288 km²[52]. Constantine sits at an elevation of 694 m[53].
Why It Matters
Constantine has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Constantine is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]