Tipasa

Tipasa was a colonia in Roman province Mauretania Caesariensis, nowadays called Tipaza, and located in coastal central Algeria. Since 2002, it has been declared by UNESCO a "World Heritage Site". There was another city with the same name: Tipasa in Numidia

History

Ancient history

Initially the city was a small ancient Punic trading-post conquered by Ancient Rome and turned into a military colony by the emperor Claudius for the conquest of the kingdoms of Mauretania. Afterwards it became a municipium called Colonia Aelia Augusta Tipasensium, that reached the population of 20,000 inhabitants in the fourth century according to historian Gsell.

The Roman city was built on three small hills which overlooked the sea, nearly 20 km. east from Caesarea (capital of Mauretania Caesariensis). Of the houses, most of which stood on the central hill, no traces remain; but there are ruins of three churches — the Great Basilica and the Basilica Alexander on the western hill, and the Basilica of St Salsa on the eastern hill, two cemeteries, the baths, theatre, amphitheatre and nymphaeum. The line of the ramparts can be distinctly traced and at the foot of the eastern hill the remains of the ancient harbour.

Tipaza Province

Tipaza or Tipasa (Arabic: ولاية تيبازة‎, Tibaza, older Tefessedt) is a province (wilaya) on the coast of Algeria, Its capital is Tipasa, 50 km west of the capital of Algeria.

Administrative divisions

The province is divided into 10 districts (daïras), which are further divided into 28 communes or municipalities.

Districts

Communes

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Tipasa (moth)

Tipasa is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

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