Béja
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Béja باجة |
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Clockwise, from top left : Béja skyline, Stork Statue, Door of Sidi Abdel-Kader Mausoleum, the Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire Church, The Friendship Square, The Great Mosque, the Kasbah
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| Nickname(s): The Granary of Rome | ||
 Béja
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| Coordinates: 36°44′N 09°11′E / 36.733°N 9.183°ECoordinates: 36°44′N 09°11′E / 36.733°N 9.183°E | ||
| Country | Tunisia | |
| Governorates | Béja Governorate | |
| Government | ||
| • President of special delegation | Ahlem Arfaoui | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 13.05 km2 (5.04 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 222 m (728 ft) | |
| Population (2014) | ||
| • Total | 70,556 | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Website | www |
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Beja (Arabic: باجة 
Bāja, French: Béja) is a city in Tunisia, Africa. It is the capital of the Béja Governorate. It is located 105 kilometers (65 mi) from Tunis, between the Medjerdah River and the Mediterranean, against the foothills of the Khroumire, the town of Beja is situated on the sides of Djebel Acheb, facing the greening meadows, its white terraces and red roofs dominated by the imposing ruins of the old Roman fortress.
The city endured brutal assaults by the Carthaginians, the Numidians, the Romans, and, later on, by the Vandals. The Numidian king Jugurtha made the town his governing headquarters. Originally the town was named Waga, which became Vacca and then Vaga under the Romans and eventually Baja under the Arabs and Béja under the French.
The Romans destroyed the old Carthaginian citadel and replaced it with a new one; they built fortifications that are still standing today. Under the Roman domination, Béja became prosperous and was the center of a diocese. According to Sallust, who relates the details of the Jugurthine War between Jugurtha and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus to possess Béja, Béja was the wealthiest warehouse of the kingdom and the center of intense commerce.
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