Siliana Governorate
Siliana Nord
Jema

Zama

Zama, also known as Xama, is a town in best known for its association with the Battle of Zama, in which Scipio Africanus defeated Hannibal on 19 October in 202 BC, ending the Second Punic War.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: battleground of the Battle of Zama, the final battle in the Second Punic War
  • Also known as: “Zama Regia”

Zama

Latitude
36.11212° or 36° 6′ 44″ north
Longitude
9.28587° or 9° 17′ 9″ east
Open location code
8F8F476P+R8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2878202381
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q1892445
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Uzbek—“Zama” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ζάμα Μείζων”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ζάμα”
  • Arabic: “زامة”
  • Asturian: “Zama Regia”
  • Basque: “Zama”
  • Bulgarian: “Зама”
  • Catalan: “Zama Regia”
  • Catalan: “Zama”
  • Chinese: “札馬平原”
  • Dutch: “Zama (Tunesie)”
  • Dutch: “Zama”
  • French: “Zama Regia”
  • French: “Zama”
  • German: “Zama Major”
  • German: “Zama”
  • Hebrew: “זאמה רגיה”
  • Italian: “Zama”
  • Japanese: “ザマ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zama”
  • Polish: “Zama”
  • Russian: “Зама”
  • Slovenian: “Zama Regia”
  • Ukrainian: “Зама Регія”
  • Uzbek: “Zama”

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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 “Zama”. Photo: Henri-Paul Motte, Public domain.