Tebessa
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تبسة ⵜⴱⴻⵙⴰ Tebessa |
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 24 ' N , 8 ° 7' E | ||
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| Country | Algeria | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | Double room | ||
| height | 960 m | ||
| Residents | 200,000 (2005) | ||
Tebessa ( Arabic تبسة, DMG Tibissa , tamazight ⵜⴱⴻⵙⴰ; also Tébessa or Tbessa) is the capital of the Algerian province of the same name .
It is located about 40 km from the Algerian-Tunisian border at an altitude of 960 m and has over 200,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate). Tebessa is a university town and has an international airport ( Aéroport Cheikh Larbi Tebessi , IATA code: TEE).
Furthermore, Tebessa is the center of the Algerian film scene and organizes an international film festival every year.
history
In antiquity, one of the most important trade routes in Roman Africa led from Carthage to Tebessa or Theveste ( Greek Θεουέστη ), as it was called at the time. Around 75 AD, the Roman Legio III Augusta was stationed there . Some ruins from Roman times have been preserved there to this day, including an arch of honor for Caracalla .
In the year 295 the early Christian conscientious objector Maximilian suffered a martyr's death in Theveste .
religion
Theveste is a Catholic titular bishopric , the current Titular Bishop of Theveste (since 2006) is John Anthony Dooher , Auxiliary Bishop in the Diocese of Boston , Massachusetts , USA.
sons and daughters of the town
- Sheikh Larbi Tébessi (1891–1957), symbolic figure of Algerian independence, the clergyman critical of France was murdered in 1956 by the colonial rulers of the time
- Robert Merle (1908-2004), French writer
- Mokdad Sifi (* 1940), Algerian politician and former prime minister
See also: List of cities in Algeria
Web links
- informative page about Tebessa (French / English)
- Images of the ancient ruins