Timgad

Timgad is a town as well as the ruins of a Roman city in . The ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Timgad lies on the northern slopes of the Aurès mountains and was created as a military colony by the Emperor Trajan in 100 AD.
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  • Opening hours: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
  • Type: Park
  • Description: Roman ruins in Algeria
  • Also known as: “Roman ruins of Timgad”, “Thamugas”, “Timkad”, “Тамугас”, “ティムガット遺跡”, and “ティムガッド遺跡”
Photo: Xiaotong Gao, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Roman Theatre of Timgad.

Archaeological site
Photo: habib kaki, CC BY 3.0.
is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Timgad.

Town
Photo: Yelles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town.

Timgad

Latitude
35.4837° or 35° 29′ 1″ north
Longitude
6.467° or 6° 28′ 1″ east
Population
11,800
Elevation
1,025 metres (3,363 feet)
Open location code
8F78FFM8+FR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 331768105
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
2476409
Wiki­data ID
Q459629
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In Other Languages

From Algerian Arabic to Zulu—“Timgad” goes by many names.
  • Algerian Arabic: “تيمڨاد”
  • Arabic: “الآثار الرومانية تيمقاد”
  • Arabic: “تيمقاد”
  • Armenian: “Տիմգադ”
  • Asturian: “Timgad”
  • Azerbaijani: “Timqad”
  • Basque: “Timgad”
  • Belarusian: “Тымгад”
  • Bulgarian: “Тимгад”
  • Burmese: “တင်မ်ဂတ်ဒ်”
  • Catalan: “Timgad”
  • Chinese: “提姆加德”
  • Croatian: “Timgad”
  • Danish: “Timgad”
  • Dutch: “Timgad”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تيمقاد”
  • Esperanto: “Timgad”
  • Finnish: “Thamugadi”
  • Finnish: “Timgad”
  • French: “Ruines Romaines de Timgad”
  • French: “Timgad”
  • Galician: “Timgad”
  • Georgian: “ტიმგადი”
  • German: “Römische Ruinen von Timgad”
  • German: “Timgad”
  • Greek: “Τιμγκάντ”
  • Hausa: “Timgad”
  • Hebrew: “תימגאד”
  • Hindi: “तीमगाद”
  • Hungarian: “Tímgád”
  • Indonesian: “Timgad”
  • Irish: “Timgad”
  • Italian: “Timgad”
  • Japanese: “ティムガッド”
  • Kabyle: “Timgad”
  • Korean: “팀가드”
  • Latin: “Marciana Traiana Thamugadi”
  • Latin: “Thamugadi”
  • Lithuanian: “Timgadas”
  • Macedonian: “Тимгад”
  • Maithili: “तिमगड”
  • Malay: “Timgad”
  • Malayalam: “ടിംഗാഡ്”
  • Maltese: “Timgad”
  • Nepali: “तिमगड”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Timgad”
  • Norwegian: “Timgad”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Timgad”
  • Persian: “تیمگاد”
  • Polish: “Timgad”
  • Portuguese: “Timgad”
  • Portuguese: “Tingade”
  • Russian: “Тимгад”
  • Serbian: “Timgad”
  • Serbian: “Тимгад”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Timgad”
  • Slovenian: “Timgad”
  • Spanish: “Timgad”
  • Spanish: “Yacimiento Arqueológico de Timgad”
  • Swahili: “Timgad”
  • Swedish: “Timgad”
  • Tachawit: “Tamugadi”
  • Tajik: “Тимгад”
  • Turkish: “Timgad”
  • Ukrainian: “Тімгад”
  • Vietnamese: “Timgad”
  • Western Armenian: “Թիմկատ (Քաղաք)”
  • Western Armenian: “Թիմկատ”
  • Zulu: “Timgad”

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