Tébessa
Sign in to saveTébessa 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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Place details
- Locality
- Tébessa ⵜⴱⴻⵙⵙⴰ تبسة
- Region
- تبسة ⵜⴱⴻⵙⴻⵜ
- Country
- ⵍⵣⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ الجزائر
- Population
- 194,461
- Timezone
- Africa/Algiers
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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
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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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.