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Tabuda

Thouda
سيدي عقبة
Sidi Okba, Algeria
town
Sidi Okba street scene [1]
Sidi Okba street scene
DZ-07 Biskra.svg
Thouda is located in Algeria
Thouda
Thouda
Location in Algeria
Coordinates: 34°50′N 5°44′E / 34.833°N 5.733°E / 34.833; 5.733
Elevation 87 m (285 ft)
Time zone +1 (UTC+1)
Postal code 07000

Tabuda or Thouda was a RomanBerber colonia in the province of Mauretania Caesariensis. A key town in the Roman, Byzantine and Vandal empires, it is identifiable with the stone ruins at the oasis adjacent to the village of Sidi Okba, Algeria.

In 683 AD, the city was taken by Muslim forces under Uqba ibn Nafi.

The Diocese of Tabuda (Tabudensis) is a suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church in the province of Numidia.

Known Bishops

Roman North Africa.

Sidi Okba Oasis, 1930

Sidi Uqba mosque, Sidi Okba 1900.

File:Street Sidi Okba, 1924

Sidi-Okba, 1962.



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