Tebourba

Tebourba ( '''') is a town in Tunisia, located about 20 miles (30 km) from the capital Tunis, former ancient city (Thuburbo Minus) and bishopric, now a Latin Catholic titular see.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Tebourba
Settlement.image_skyline: Barrage laaroussia (03).jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.image_caption: Barrage Laaroussia of Tebourba
Settlement.pushpin_map: Tunisia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Tunisia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: 25px Tunisia
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: La Manouba Governorate
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of: 2022
Settlement.population_total: 29948
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities
Settlement.population_blank2_title: Religions
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: 1

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Wikidata facts

Population: 50458
Official website: communetebourba.gov.tn
Image: Mairie Tebourba.JPG

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Commons category: Tebourba
postal code: 1130

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Thuburbo Minus
Titular see
History
Roman era
The Middle Ages
The modern and contemporary Testaments
Notes
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Tebourba ( '') is a town in Tunisia, located about 20 miles (30 km) from the capital Tunis, former ancient city (Thuburbo Minus) and bishopric, now a Latin Catholic titular see.

== Thuburbo Minus == Historically Thuburbo Minus ("Little Thuburbo") was a Roman settlement in Africa Proconsularis, located at present-day Tebourba, It was founded in the 1st century BC as a colony for veterans and was officially named Colonia VIII (Octavianorum) Thuburbi. Despite the name it is believed to have been founded by Caesar for veterans of the Eighth and Thirteenth legions sometime after 46BC. The second century Roman jurist Sextus Caecilius Africanus (d.) is believed to have come from Thuburbo Minus. Thuburbo Minus is mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary, 44, and the Tabula Peutingeriana''.