North Africa
Algeria
Souk Ahras Province

Souk Ahras

Souk Ahras is a municipality in . It is the capital of . The Numidian city of , on whose ruins Souk Ahras was built, was the birthplace of Augustine of Hippo and a center of Berber culture.
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  • Type: City with 155,000 residents
  • Description: municipality of Algeria
  • Also known as: “Thagaste”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Souk Ahras.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zaarouria.

Village
Photo: Sarrahsarita, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town and commune in in north-eastern .

Souk Ahras

Latitude
36.2829° or 36° 16′ 58″ north
Longitude
7.9538° or 7° 57′ 14″ east
Population
155,000
Elevation
671 metres (2,201 feet)
Open location code
8F897XM3+4G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 299698224
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
12952464
Wiki­data ID
Q402992
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Souk Ahras” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سوق أهراس”
  • Arabic: “سوق اهراس”
  • Armenian: “Սուկ Ահրաս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Suk-Əhras”
  • Belarusian: “Сук Аграс”
  • Belarusian: “Сук-Аграс”
  • Belarusian: “Сук-Ахрас”
  • Bengali: “সোকা হাস”
  • Breton: “Souk Ahras”
  • Catalan: “Souk Ahras”
  • Cebuano: “Souk Ahras (kapital sa lalawigan sa Arhelya)”
  • Cebuano: “Souk Ahras”
  • Chinese: “Souk Ahras”
  • Chinese: “苏格艾赫拉斯”
  • Chinese: “蘇格艾赫拉斯”
  • Danish: “Souk Ahras”
  • Dutch: “Souk Ahras”
  • Dutch: “Thagaste”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سوق اهراس”
  • Esperanto: “Souk Ahras”
  • Finnish: “Souk Ahras”
  • French: “Djebbar Amor”
  • French: “Souk Ahras”
  • French: “Souk-ahras”
  • German: “Souk Ahras”
  • German: “Souk-Ahras”
  • German: “Souq Ahras”
  • German: “Suq Ahras”
  • German: “Tagaste”
  • German: “Thagaste”
  • Greek: “Θαγάστη”
  • Greek: “Σουκ Αχράς”
  • Gujarati: “સૌક એહરસ”
  • Hebrew: “סוק אהראס”
  • Hebrew: “סוק אהרס”
  • Hebrew: “סוק אחרס”
  • Hindi: “सूक अह्रास”
  • Hungarian: “Szúk Ahrász”
  • Indonesian: “Souk Ahras”
  • Italian: “Souk Ahras”
  • Japanese: “スーク・アフラース”
  • Japanese: “スーク＝アラス”
  • Kabyle: “Suq Ahras”
  • Kabyle: “Tagast”
  • Kannada: “ಸೌಕ್ ಅಹ್ರಾಸ್”
  • Korean: “수크아라스”
  • Latin: “Tagaste”
  • Latvian: “Soukarasa”
  • Lithuanian: “Souk Ahras”
  • Lithuanian: “Suk Ahrasas”
  • Lithuanian: “Suq Ahras”
  • Low German: “Souq Ahras”
  • Low German: “Thagaste”
  • Malay: “Souk Ahras”
  • Marathi: “सौक अह्रस”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Souk Ahras”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Souk Ahras”
  • Norwegian: “Souk Ahras”
  • Persian: “سوق اهراس، الجزایر”
  • Polish: “Souk Ahras”
  • Polish: “Suk Ahras”
  • Portuguese: “Souk Ahras”
  • Romanian: “Souk Ahras”
  • Romanian: “Souk-Ahras”
  • Russian: “Сук-Ахрас”
  • Rusyn: “Сук Арас”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Suk Ahras”
  • Sinhala: “සොඋක් අහ්රස්”
  • Slovenian: “Souk Ahras”
  • Spanish: “Souk Ahras”
  • Swahili: “Souk Ahras”
  • Swedish: “Souk Ahras”
  • Swedish: “Tagaste”
  • Swedish: “Thagaste”
  • Tamil: “சௌக் அஹ்ரஸ்”
  • Telugu: “సూక్ అహాస్”
  • Thai: “เซาค์ อัคราส”
  • Turkish: “Souk Ahras”
  • Ukrainian: “Сук-Аграс”
  • Urdu: “سوق اہراس”
  • Vietnamese: “Souk Ahras”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Souk Ahras”
  • Welsh: “Souk Ahras”
  • Welsh: “Souk-Ahras”
  • Welsh: “Tagaste”
  • Western Panjabi: “سوق اہراس”

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