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Ksar Melika

🇩🇿 Algeria

Ksar Melika in Algeria
Photo: Takiva · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Melika is one of the towns of the M'zab Valley, located near Ghardaïa in the northern Algerian Sahara, south of the city of Algiers. It has been listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Machine-translated from “مليكة” on the Arabic Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ksar Melika ranks #7,067 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #17 of the 24 mapped in Algeria. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Algeria compares in the castle statistics.

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Ksar Melika?

Ksar Melika stands in Algeria, at 32.4831°, 3.6867°.

Is Ksar Melika a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

Yes — it is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, per its Wikidata entry.

How famous is Ksar Melika?

In this atlas's fame ranking: #7,067 of 8,764 worldwide, and #17 in Algeria. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.

What is the nearest castle to Ksar Melika?

Ksar Beni Isguen, about 1 km away.

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