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Capsa

Northern Africa

Capsa was a Roman colonia located in what is now southern Tunisia. Before Roman times it had been a center of the Capsian culture, a prehistoric archaeological culture named for the site.

Facts
Population
120,739 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Gafsa
en.wikipedia.org infobox settlement, population_total field (as of 2022), read 2026-09-27
Quote, en.wikipedia.org infobox settlement, population_total field (as of 2022), read 2026-09-27
population_total='120739' population_as_of='2022'
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2. Open-Meteo: Open-Meteo Elevation API: elevation at Capsa coordinates
Open-MeteoJSON elevation
Quote, JSON elevation
"elevation": [ 296.0 ]
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3. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, africa zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Africa/Tunis; TN has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Quote, Zone Africa/Tunis; TN has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Zone Africa/Tunis 0:40:44 - LMT 1881 May 12 ... 0:09:21 - PMT 1911 Mar 11 # Paris Mean Time 1:00 Tunisia CE%sT
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Wikidata: Capsa
Wikidata Q126104021, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Capsa (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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