Skikda

The city had a population of 152,355 in 1998 (census figures).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 the Le Corbusier.

The city flag colours are blue and white. The current zip code is 21000. The incomes of the Municipality of Skikda are among the highest in North Africa. 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.