Dougga

Dougga is a small town in the north of that holds the extensive ruins of a Roman town, set on a hilltop, overlooking surrounding valleys with olive plantations, featured on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
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  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of around 570 metres (1,870 feet)
  • Opening hours:
    September 16–March 31: 8:30 AM–5:30 PM
    April 1–September 15: 8:00 AM–7:00 PM
  • Description: archaeological site in Tunisia
  • Address: دقة
  • Also known as
    “Djouggar”
    “Duqqa”
    “Thugga”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Arch of Alexander Severus and Theatre of Dougga.
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The is a Roman triumphal…
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The Roman is an ancient theatre…
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The Aïn Doura are a series of Roman-era ruins located in Dougga, Tunisia.

Dougga

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Latitude
36.4234° or 36° 25′ 24″ north
Longitude
9.2185° or 9° 13′ 7″ east
Open location code
8F8FC6F9+99
Open­Street­Map ID
way 204663411
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
2471332
Wiki­data ID
Q32378

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Dougga” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دقة”
  • Arabic: “دڨة”
  • Asturian: “Dougga”
  • Basque: “Dougga”
  • Bulgarian: “Дуга”
  • Catalan: “Dougga”
  • Catalan: “Thugga”
  • Chinese: “沙格鎮”
  • Chinese: “沙格镇”
  • Croatian: “Dougga”
  • Czech: “Dougga”
  • Czech: “Thugga”
  • Dagbani: “Dougga”
  • Danish: “Dougga”
  • Danish: “Thugga”
  • Dutch: “Dougga”
  • Dutch: “Thugga”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دقه”
  • Finnish: “Dougga”
  • Finnish: “Thugga”
  • French: “Dougga”
  • French: “Thugga”
  • French: “Tukka”
  • Galician: “Dougga”
  • Georgian: “დუგა”
  • Georgian: “ტუგა”
  • German: “Dougga”
  • German: “Duqa”
  • German: “Duqqa”
  • German: “Thugga”
  • Hausa: “Dougga”
  • Hebrew: “דוגה”
  • Hungarian: “Dugga”
  • Indonesian: “Dougga”
  • Italian: “Dougga”
  • Italian: “Thugga”
  • Japanese: “ドゥッガ”
  • Latvian: “Duga”
  • Lithuanian: “Duga”
  • Maltese: “Dougga”
  • Maltese: “Thugga”
  • Nepali: “डोग्गा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dougga”
  • Norwegian: “Dougga”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Dougga”
  • Persian: “دوگا”
  • Polish: “Dougga”
  • Polish: “Dugga”
  • Polish: “Thugga”
  • Portuguese: “Dougga”
  • Portuguese: “Duga”
  • Portuguese: “Thugga”
  • Russian: “Дугга”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dougga”
  • Slovak: “Dukka”
  • Slovak: “Thugga”
  • Slovenian: “Dougga”
  • Slovenian: “Tuga”
  • Spanish: “Dougga”
  • Spanish: “Thugga”
  • Swedish: “Dougga”
  • Swedish: “Thugga”
  • Turkish: “Thugga”
  • Ukrainian: “Дугга”
  • Uzbek: “Dugga”
  • Welsh: “Dougga”

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