Chiffa

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Chiffa

Total population

34,268

Elevation110 m

Coordinates36.46°, 2.74°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Chiffa is a town and gorge in the Tell Atlas Mountains of northern Algeria. This gorge is one of the few habitat areas in Algeria that supports a sub-population of the Barbary macaque, Macaca sylvanus.

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).

Nearby places in Blida

• Cité Drioueche
  1.4 mi away
• Sidi Madani
  1.7 mi away
• Ahl El Oued Ethnia
  1.9 mi away
• Bezar
  2 mi away
• Cité Houbane
  2.1 mi away
• Bordj Emir Abdelkader
  3 mi away
• Sidi Moussa
  3.2 mi away
• Guergour
  4 mi away
• Beni Mouimen
  6.2 mi away
• El Affroun
  6.4 mi away · pop. 42,465
• Aït Saleh
  6.6 mi away
• Beni Chougrane
  6.8 mi away

Browse all places in Blida →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Chiffa

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Garden Snail

Cornu aspersum

Seen 2026-10-04

Cirl Bunting

Emberiza cirlus

Seen 2026-08-29

Sahara Frog

Pelophylax saharicus

Seen 2026-08-29

European Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula hypoleuca

Seen 2026-08-29

Onopordum macracanthum

Onopordum macracanthum

Seen 2026-06-11

Maghreb Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes barbara

Seen 2026-06-11

Moroccan Marbled White

Melanargia lucasi

Seen 2026-06-11

Large Psammodromus

Psammodromus algirus

Seen 2026-05-17

Barbary Macaque

Macaca sylvanus

Seen 2026-05-09

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