Historical place profile
Sidi Moussa
A modern village located at the western end of the municipal territory of Nador in Algeria's Tipaza province. According to Anselmino, this village, which was built to house the displaced population of Chénoua during the Algerian War of Independence in the mid-20th century, probably covers the site of an ancient settlement and associated necropolis.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:288404432
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:288404432
- Place type
- cemetery, settlement, settlement-modern
- Coordinates
- 36.568458, 2.335545
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A modern village located at the western end of the municipal territory of Nador in Algeria's Tipaza province. According to Anselmino, this village, which was built to house the displaced population of Chénoua during the Algerian War of Independence in the mid-20th century, probably covers the site of an ancient settlement and associated necropolis.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Pleiades
Source and reuse
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Research path
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