El Cheffia
الشافية El Cheffia | |
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Commune and town | |
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Province | El Taref Province |
Population (2008) | |
• Total | 8,195 |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
Cheffia is a town and commune in El Taref Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 7,450. [1]
The Cheffia valley was described in 1868 by Reboud [2] as being comprised between the eastern slope of the Bou Habet and a series of grassy knolls where a few gardens and clumps of azeroliers stand here and there. It is a valley which measures from north to south about fifteen kilometres and five kilometres wide. It is divided into two basins by the cultivated plateau of Sidi-Bou-Aoun, which has large stones.
Cheffia is the site of the Roman city of Thullium in the Province of Numidia. [3] The Cheffia valley contains a number of ruins that can be considered as Libyan necropolises. Reboud describes a number thereof, and their Lybic ( Libyco-Berber) inscriptions, and published the map shown in this article. The region was slow to christianize, with Thullium not receiving its first bishop until the end of the fifth century; a bishop from there was present at the Council of Carthage in 525. [4] [5]
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El Cheffia
الشافية El Cheffia | |
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Commune and town | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | El Taref Province |
Population (2008) | |
• Total | 8,195 |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
Cheffia is a town and commune in El Taref Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 7,450. [1]
The Cheffia valley was described in 1868 by Reboud [2] as being comprised between the eastern slope of the Bou Habet and a series of grassy knolls where a few gardens and clumps of azeroliers stand here and there. It is a valley which measures from north to south about fifteen kilometres and five kilometres wide. It is divided into two basins by the cultivated plateau of Sidi-Bou-Aoun, which has large stones.
Cheffia is the site of the Roman city of Thullium in the Province of Numidia. [3] The Cheffia valley contains a number of ruins that can be considered as Libyan necropolises. Reboud describes a number thereof, and their Lybic ( Libyco-Berber) inscriptions, and published the map shown in this article. The region was slow to christianize, with Thullium not receiving its first bishop until the end of the fifth century; a bishop from there was present at the Council of Carthage in 525. [4] [5]
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36°36′40″N 8°02′20″E / 36.61111°N 8.03889°E