Souk Ahras

Souk Ahras
سوق أهراس
City of Souk Ahras
View of the city
View of the city
Coat of arms of Souk Ahras
Location of Souk Ahras
Souk Ahras is located in Algeria
Souk Ahras
Souk Ahras
Location of Souk Ahras within Algeria
Coordinates: 36°17′11″N 7°57′4″E / 36.28639°N 7.95111°E / 36.28639; 7.95111
Country Algeria
ProvinceSouk Ahras (seat)
DistrictSouk Ahras (coextensive)
Government
 • PMA Seats33
Area
 • Total
812 km2 (314 sq mi)
Elevation
699 m (2,293 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
156,745
 • Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
DemonymSouk ahrasi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
Postal code
41000
Area code+213 (37)
ONS code4101
ClimateCsa
Websitehttps://www.wilaya-soukahras.dz

Souk Ahras (Arabic: سوق أهراس) is a municipality in Algeria. It is the capital of Souk Ahras Province. The Numidian city of Thagaste (or Tagaste), on whose ruins Souk Ahras was built, was the birthplace of Augustine of Hippo and a center of Berber culture.[1][2]

  1. ^ "A Berber, born in 354 at Thagaste (now Souk-Ahras) in Africa...", Fernand Braudel, A history of civilizations (1963), Penguin Books, 1995, p.335
  2. ^ "...he grew up in an area which was a center of Berber culture.", Augustinian studies, Volumes 7–8, Villanova University Press, 1976, p.134