Souk Ahras

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Souk Ahras is a city in northeastern Algeria known as the modern site of ancient Thagaste, birthplace of Saint Augustine.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Souk Ahras canonical 6
Souk Ahras, Algeria 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman town site
city
administrativeDivisionLevel provincial capital
birthplaceOf Augustine of Hippo
Saint Augustine
linked to: Augustine of Hippo
climate Mediterranean climate
continent Africa
country Algeria
hasEconomicActivity cereal cultivation
livestock raising
olive cultivation
hasEducationalInstitution university center
hasFeature historical monuments
religious sites
urban center
hasHeritage Roman archaeological remains
early Christian heritage
hasHistoricalName Thagaste
hasIndustry agriculture
light manufacturing
trade
hasNearbyRiver Medjerda River
hasPopulationCharacteristic predominantly Arab-Berber population
historicalCulture Byzantine
Islamic
Numidian
Roman
historicalSiteOf Thagaste
isCapitalOf Souk Ahras Province
locatedIn Aurès region
Maghreb
linked to: North Africa

North Africa
Tell Atlas region
northeastern Algeria
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Souk Ahras Province
nearBorderWith Tunisia
officialLanguage Arabic
partOf Algerian Highlands
linked to: Aurès Mountains
religiousHeritage Christianity
religiousSignificance important site in Christian history
timeZone Central European Time
transportInfrastructure railway connection
road network
usedLanguage Algerian Arabic
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic

Berber languages
French
utcOffset +1

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thagaste locatedInPresentDay Souk Ahras
Thagaste modernName Souk Ahras
Northern Algeria contains Souk Ahras
subject linked to: northern Algeria
Tagaste locatedInPresentDay Souk Ahras, Algeria
linked to: Souk Ahras
Tagaste modernName Souk Ahras
Eastern Algeria hasMajorCity Souk Ahras
subject linked to: eastern Algeria