Chelia is a town and commune in Khenchela Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it had a population of 4,851.[1]

Chelia
Commune and town
Country Algeria
ProvinceKhenchela Province
Population
 (1998)
 • Total4,851
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Wildlife edit

 
A male Barbary lion photographed by Alfred Edward Pease in 1893

The Barbary lion was present in the cedar forests and mountains near Chelia until about 1884.[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Statoids
  2. ^ Pease, A. E. (1913). The Book of the Lion. London: John Murray.

35°21′52″N 6°46′43″E / 35.36444°N 6.77861°E / 35.36444; 6.77861