Thouda سيدي عقبة Sidi Okba, Algeria |
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Sidi Okba street scene
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Location in Algeria | |
Coordinates: 34°50′N 5°44′E / 34.833°N 5.733°E | |
Elevation | 87 m (285 ft) |
Time zone | +1 (UTC+1) |
Postal code | 07000 |
Tabuda or Thouda was a Roman–Berber 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.