Tebessa

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Tebessa

Total population

196,537

Coordinates35.40°, 8.12°

Demographic figures from Office National des Statistiques (Algeria). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Tébessa or Tebessa, 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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Robert Merle

French writer

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Mokdad Sifi

Algerian politician

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Maximilian of Tebessa

Christian martyr

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Nacerdine Drid

Algerian footballer

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Ahmed Rachedi

Algerian film director

Azzedine Aït Djoudi

Algerian footballer

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Aïcha Lemsine

Algerian writer women's rights activist

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Al-Hadi Khadiri

Algerian politician (1934-2011)

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Habib Souaïdia

Algerian writer and former lieutenant

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Hasni Abidi

Algerian-Swiss political scientist

Larbi Tbessi

Savant, enseignant et directeur algérien

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Mohamed Hardi

Algerian politician (1943-1996)

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Pierre Moignard

French painter (born 1961)

Victor Peralda

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El Almi Daoudi

Algerian association football player

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Othmane Saadi

Algerian writer and diplomat

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Tébessa

• Bekkaria
  7 mi away · pop. 9,917
• El Meridj
  27.6 mi away
• Telidjene
  28 mi away
• عين سيدي صالح ⵜⵉⵟ ⵙⵉⴷⵉ ⵚⴰⵍⴻⵃ
  39.6 mi away
• Camp Enrico Mattei
  44.6 mi away
• Gornji Varoš
  825.6 mi away · pop. 258
• Stara Gradiška
  826.2 mi away · pop. 327
• Donji Varoš
  826.9 mi away · pop. 284
• Gređani
  827.9 mi away · pop. 173
• Dolina
  830.1 mi away · pop. 254
• Gorice
  831.5 mi away · pop. 175
• Benkovac
  833.6 mi away · pop. 120

Browse all places in Tébessa →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Tebessa

Musée de Tébessa

Stéphane Gsell · 1902

Tébessa

Pierre Castel · 1905

Catalogue géneral du Musée de Tébessa

J. Sabatier · 1907

Carthage, Timgad, Tébessa et les villes antiques de l'Afrique du Nord

René Cagnat · 1909

Tebessa?

F. E. Potter · 1987

Travel Like a Local - Map of Tebessa

Maxwell Fox · 2019

Autour de la basilique de Tébessa

A. Truillot · 1934

Tebessa, antique Theveste

Étienne Jean Joseph Sérée de Roch · 1952

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Egyptian Cobra

Naja haje

Seen 2022-12-02

Hemorrhois algirus algirus

Hemorrhois algirus algirus

Seen 2022-08-19

Algerian Whip Snake

Hemorrhois algirus

Seen 2022-08-19

Werner's Diadem Snake

Spalerosophis dolichospilus

Seen 2022-08-10

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).