Historical place profile
Unnamed settlement near Tixter, Algeria
Remains of an ancient settlement of Roman date, recorded by Gsell (AAA, whence BAtlas). The location should lie within a kilometer of the BAtlas coordinates: a point in the municipal territory of modern Tixter, Algeria (wilaya of Bordj Bou Arreridj), in the vicinity of the modern villages of El Frafria and Chnadra.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:208943654
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:208943654
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 36.010211, 5.079683
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Remains of an ancient settlement of Roman date, recorded by Gsell (AAA, whence BAtlas). The location should lie within a kilometer of the BAtlas coordinates: a point in the municipal territory of modern Tixter, Algeria (wilaya of Bordj Bou Arreridj), in the vicinity of the modern villages of El Frafria and Chnadra.
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: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 31 C4
Source and reuse
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Research path
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