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ID: 7001170
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001170
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Djemila (inhabited place)  Djemila (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 36 19 49 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 36.3300  decimal degrees
Long: 005 44 11 E  degrees minutes   Long: 5.7360  decimal degrees

Note: A colony founded by the Roman emperor Nerva in a mountainous area 80 km west of Constantine. The original inhabitants were Roman veterans, and it was later settled by families from Carthage and other African towns. It has been the site of a Christian community from the mid-3rd century CE. The ruins are designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Names:
Djemila (preferred,C,V)
Djémila (C,V)
Curculum (H,V)
Cuicul (H,V)  ............ ancient

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Algeria (nation)  ........  Algeria (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Sétif (province)  ............  Sétif (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Djemila (inhabited place)  ................  Djemila (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded ca. 96-98 CE; last mentioned in 553; small village on site
archaeological site (C)  ............  large portion of built area uncovered in excavations from 1909 to 1957
World Heritage Site (C)  ............  from 1982
Ancient Roman (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Cuicul..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
.................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 8529
.................  Oxford Classical World (1986) 756
.................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 249
Curculum..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 11 December 2006
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 20 September 2018
Djemila..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 11 December 2006
.................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 56
.................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Djémila..........  [VP]
.................  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 5 January 2008
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 8529
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 11 December 2006
..................  Oxford Classical World (1986) 756
..................  Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) 249
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 56
..................  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 5 January 2008
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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