Souq Ahras
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سوق أهراس ⵙⵓⵇⴻⵀⵔⴰⵙ Souq Ahras |
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 17 ′ N , 7 ° 57 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Algeria | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | DZ-41 | ||
| Residents | 150,000 | ||
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Souq Ahras (also Souk Ahras or Souk-Ahras ; Arabic سوق أهراس, DMG Sūq Ahrās , tamazight ⵙⵓⵇⴻⵀⵔⴰⵙ Suqehras ) is a city in northeast Algeria with just under 150,000 inhabitants today. It is the capital of the province of the same name and is located in the North African region of Numidia .
Under Punic and later Roman rule her name was Tagaste (also Thagaste ). Pliny the Elder , a 1st century Roman scholar, and the Antonini Itinerarium mention Tagaste; however, little is known about the city's history.
The city is known as the birthplace of Tagaste of the Catholic Church canonized church teacher and philosopher Augustine of Hippo . Furthermore, the city is now a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church (see titular bishopric Thagaste ).
In 1871 Mohamed El Keblouti led the resistance against the French conquest in the region.
