Sidi Fredj

Sidi Fredj Lighthouse
LocationSidi Fredj, Algeria
Coordinates36°45′54″N 2°50′54″E / 36.764961°N 2.848203°E / 36.764961; 2.848203
Tower
Constructed1970s 
Constructionconcrete 
Height24 m (79 ft) 
Shapesquare building with light atop
Markingswhite 
Power sourcemains electricity 
OperatorNational Maritime Signaling Office 
Light
Focal height42 m (138 ft) 
Range17 nmi (31 km; 20 mi) 
CharacteristicFl(3) W 12s 

Sidi Fredj, known under French rule as Sidi Ferruch, is a coastal town in Algiers Province, Algeria. It is located within the territory of the municipality of Staouéli, on a presque-isle on the Mediterranean Sea.

Obori was important enough in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis to become one of the many suffragans of its capital Caesarea Mauretaniae's Metropolitan Archbishopric, but faded like most sees in Roman Africa.

Sidi Fredj was the landing spot where the French established their beachhead for the Invasion of Algiers in 1830. A number of ships of the French Navy were subsequently named Sidi Ferruch, the colonial name of the town under French rule, in honour of the event.