Tebessa
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
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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