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Skikda
Algeria / Sakikdah /
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Skikda (Arabic: سكيكدة‎) is a city in northeastern Algeria and a port on the Mediterranean. It is the capital of Skikda Province and Skikda District. The city has a population of 250,000. Natural gas, oil refining, and petrochemical industries were developed in the 1970s and pipelines have been built for their transportation. The city hall (a neo-moorish style palace) and the railroad station were designed by Le Corbusier.
The official city flag colours are blue and white, the colours of the Mediterranean. The current postal code is 21000. Skikda has the third largest commercial port in Algeria after Algiers and Oran. It has also a petrochemical terminal port and a smaller fishing port in Stora, and there are many beaches along the natural Mediterranean coastline. There is also a closed airport near the petrochemical complex.
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Coordinates:   36°52'45"N   6°56'10"E
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