Tébessa
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Tébessa or Tebessa ( Tibissa, Tbessa or Tibesti), the classical Theveste, is the capital city of Tébessa Province in northeastern Algeria, near the border with Tunisia. It hosts several historical landmarks, the most notable being the wall that surrounds the city and its gates. The city is also known for its traditional Algerian carpets. Tébessa was home to over 190,000 people in 2007.
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Tébessa is a city and commune in Algeria, serving as the capital of both Tébessa Province and Tébessa District. It is situated at an elevation of 858 meters above sea level and shares a border with Boulhaf Dir. The city has a population of 194,461 and covers an area of 14,227. Historically, Tébessa has also been part of France and the Regency of Algiers.
The administrative entity is located in the UTC+01:00 time zone, also identified as Africa/Algiers. Its postal code is 12000. Tébessa is described in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition and is categorized as a Roman city. The native label for the location is ⵜⵉⴱⴰⵙⵜ.
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Place details
- Locality
- Tébessa ⵜⴱⴻⵙⵙⴰ تبسة
- Region
- تبسة ⵜⴱⴻⵙⴻⵜ
- Country
- ⵍⵣⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ الجزائر
- Population
- 194,461
- Timezone
- Africa/Algiers
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tebessa
- Settlement.type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tébessa Province.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Tebessa
- Settlement.image_map
- Dz - 12 - Tébessa.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 180px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Algeria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tébessa Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tebessa
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 14,227
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2008
- Settlement.population_total
- 196,537
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Roman city
- Country
- Regency of Algiers
- Located in
- Tébessa District
- Population
- 194461
- Area
- 14227
- Elevation
- 858
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Tébessa District
- Shares border with
- Boulhaf Dir
- Image
- Tébessa Province.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tébessa
- postal code
- 12000
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Tébessa
- P8168
- Oscar Liebreich
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- American Bully
- native label
- ⵜⵉⴱⴰⵙⵜ
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Main sights
- Geography
- Climate
- Economy
- Transportation
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- External links
Tébessa or Tebessa ( Tibissa, Tbessa or Tibesti), the classical Theveste, is the capital city of Tébessa Province in northeastern Algeria, near the border with Tunisia. It hosts several historical landmarks, the most notable being the wall that surrounds the city and its gates. The city is also known for its traditional Algerian carpets. Tébessa was home to over 190,000 people in 2007.
==Name== Tebessa, written '''' in French, was known to the ancient Greeks as () or (, 'Hundred Gates'). This was Latinized as Theveste.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tébessa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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