Iulia Valentia Banasa
Iulia Valentia Banasa, corresponding to modern day Sidi Ali Boujnoun, was a Roman-Berber city in northern Morocco. It was one of the three colonias in Mauretania Tingitana founded by emperor Augustus between 33 and 25 BC for veterans of the battle of Actium, on top of a Mauretanian village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Iulia Valentia Banasa - الموقع الأثري بناصا” and “Site Archeologique de Banassa”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Souk Tlet El Gharb.
Souk Tlet El Gharb
Village
Souk Tlet El Gharb is a small town and rural commune in Kénitra Province of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region of Morocco. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 22,416 people living in 3315 households. Souk Tlet El Gharb is situated 5 km west of Iulia Valentia Banasa.
Iulia Valentia Banasa
- Categories: human settlement, ancient city, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sidi Kacem Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
34.60171° or 34° 36′ 6″ northLongitude
-6.11518° or 6° 6′ 55″ westElevation
18 metres (59 feet)Open location code
8C6MJV2M+MWOpenStreetMap ID
way 245396254OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Iulia Valentia Banasa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أمغيطن”
- Arabic: “امغيطن (الدشرة)”
- Arabic: “سيدي علي بوجنون”
- Arabic: “ضريح سيدي علي بوجنون”
- Arabic: “عكرود نبيل”
- Bengali: “ইউলিয়া ভ্যালেন্তিয়া বানাসা”
- Catalan: “Banasa”
- Cebuano: “Banasa”
- Dutch: “Iulia Valentia Banasa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سيدى على بوجنون”
- French: “Banasa”
- French: “Site Archéologique de Banassa”
- German: “Banasa”
- Italian: “Iulia Valentia Banasa”
- Moroccan Arabic: “باناصا”
- Portuguese: “Banasa”
- Slovenian: “Iulia Valentia Banasa”
- Spanish: “Iulia Valentia Banasa”
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴱⴰⵏⴰⵚⴰ”
- Swedish: “Banasa”
- Walloon: “Banasa”
- Waray (Philippines): “Banasa”
- “Banasa”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Iulia Valentia Banasa”. Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.