Place details
Place nameDjemila
Other namesCuicul
CountryAl-Jaza'ir
Latitude36.417
Longitude5.733
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Colony founded by the Roman emperor Nerva in a mountainous area 80 km W of Constantine; original inhabitants were Roman veterans; later settled by families from Carthage & other African towns; site of a Christian community from mid-3rd cen. AD.