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.
- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (60 feet)
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as“Iulia Valentia Banasa - الموقع الأثري بناصا”“Site Archeologique de Banassa”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Souk Tlet El Gharb and Sidi Al Kamel.
Iulia Valentia Banasa
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Latitude
34.60171° or 34° 36′ 6″ north
Longitude
-6.11518° or 6° 6′ 55″ west
Open location code
8C6MJV2M+MW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Iulia Valentia Banasa” goes by many names.
أمغيطنArabic
امغيطن (الدشرة)Arabic
سيدي علي بوجنونArabic
ضريح سيدي علي بوجنونArabic
عكرود نبيلArabic
ইউলিয়া ভ্যালেন্তিয়া বানাসাBengali
BanasaCatalan
BanasaCebuano
Iulia Valentia BanasaDutch
سيدى على بوجنونEgyptian Arabic
Iulia Valentia BanasaItalian
باناصاMoroccan Arabic
Iulia Valentia BanasaSlovenian
ⴱⴰⵏⴰⵚⴰStandard Moroccan Tamazight
BanasaSwedish
Iulia Valentia BanasaTurkish
BanasaWalloon
BanasaWaray (Philippines)
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