Achacha

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Achacha

Total population

34,789

Coordinates36.24°, 0.64°

Demographic figures from Office National des Statistiques (Algeria). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Achacha is a town and commune in Mostaganem Province, northwestern Algeria. It is the capital of Achacha District. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 31,360. The town is one of four other known towns within Achacha District, Khadra, Nekmaria and Ouled Boughalem.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Belkacem Belhamideche

Algerian journalist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Mostaganem

• Nekmaria
  4.3 mi away
• Bahara
  7.8 mi away
• Ain Tounine
  11.3 mi away
• Tazgait
  11.4 mi away · pop. 9,410
• Sidi Lakhdar
  12.2 mi away · pop. 34,612
• Petit Port Sidi Lakhdar الميناء الصغير سيدي لخضر
  13.8 mi away
• Sidi Ali
  15.6 mi away · pop. 37,230
• Ouled Maaleh
  16.5 mi away
• Hadjadj
  20.1 mi away · pop. 17,330
• Kerrada
  20.7 mi away
• Ben Abdelmalek Ramdane
  22.4 mi away · pop. 13,607
• Sidi Bellatar
  25.2 mi away

Browse all places in Mostaganem →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Fried Egg Jelly

Cotylorhiza tuberculata

Seen 2026-10-01

Rough Cockle

Acanthocardia tuberculata

Seen 2022-12-21

European Sardine

Sardina pilchardus

Seen 2022-10-23

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Achacha, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.