Chebba
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الشابة Chebba |
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 14 ' N , 11 ° 7' E | ||
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| Country | Tunisia | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | TN | ||
| surface | 121.6 km² | ||
| Residents | 23,334 (2004) | ||
| density | 192 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | 534 as Justinianopolis | ||
| Post Code | 5170 | ||
Chebba ( Arabic الشابة, DMG aš-Šābba , also La Chebba , Ash Shabbah , aš-Šābbah , Sheba ) is a small Tunisian town in the Mahdia Governorate in North Africa , on the Mediterranean coast .
It is south of Mahdia and northeast of Sfax .
history
Chebba derives its name from a headland 3 kilometers east, which was known in ancient times as Caput Vada (headland above the shallows).
The Byzantine general Belisarius landed there in 533 and inflicted a heavy defeat on the Vandals . The city of Chebba was founded under the name Justinianopolis after the defeat of the Vandals by Justinian I around 534 .
The headland (Caput Vada) is known today as Ras Kaboudia and is on the ruins of the coastal fortress bordj (: coastal fortress), by Bordj Khadidja, which was built on Byzantine foundations. The fortress guarded the harbor entrance and was part of a defensive ring of similar fortresses, which had been built by the Abbasids in the 8th century on the coast of North Africa. It was later renamed after the 11th century poetess Khadija Ben Kalthoum, who was born in Chebba.
Trivia
Chebba is also the name of two songs; on the one hand by the Algerian singer Cheb Khaled from 1993 and on the other hand by the Austrian musician Hans Platzgumer from 2002.