Timgad was a Roman city founded by Emperor Trajan around 100 AD in the Aures Mountains of Algeria. UNESCO inscribed it as a World Heritage Site in 1982, and it stands as a notable example of Roman grid-plan town design.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Latitude35.484237 degrees north 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. GeoNames: Timgad
GeoNames geonameid 2476409 (Timgad), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Timgad (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 35.484237, longitude 6.468666
P2046 (area)
area 0.9054 sq km
View the Source3. Wikipedia (French): Timgad
Wikipedia (French)Article text: founding statementQuote, Article text: founding statement
Elle est fondée par l'empereur romain Trajan en 100 et dotée du statut de colonie .
4. GeoNames: Timgad - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2476409
35.49281 6.46999 P PPL DZ 03 12952590 2476408 11828 1025 Africa/Algiers
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1025 m
View the Source 5. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.25, 6.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.25, 6.25
35.25 6.25 BSk
Wikidata: Timgad
Wikidata Q459629, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Timgad (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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