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Key facts
- Country
- Algeria
- Province
- Souk Ahras (seat)
- District
- Souk Ahras (coextensive)
- Total
- 812 km (314 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 699 m (2,293 ft)
- Density
- 193/km (500/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Souk ahrasi
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Area code
- +213 (37)
- Climate
- Csa
- Website
- https://www.wilaya-soukahras.dz
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Algeria
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Souk Ahras District
- Population
- 155259
- Area
- 812
- Elevation
- 699
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Souk Ahras District
- Shares border with
- Mechroha
- Image
- Souk Ahras 41.jpg
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- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Souk Ahras
- Commons category
- Souk Ahras
- postal code
- 41000
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Souk Ahras
- replaces
- Thagaste
- P8168
- Mehmet Aksoy
- described by source
- The Catholic Encyclopedia
- P12749
- Franziskus von Bettinger
- native label
- ⵙⵓⵇⴻⵀⵔⴰⵙ
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Encyclopedic overview
Souk Ahras (Arabic: سوق أهراس, romanized: Sūq Ahrās) is a municipality in Algeria. It is the capital of Souk Ahras Province. The Numidian city of Thagaste (or Tagaste), on whose ruins Souk Ahras was built, was the birthplace of Augustine of Hippo and a center of Berber culture.
Etymology
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