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a few years later. The town was given a garrison but its economic life gradually collapsed, with its
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72:36.51222°N 1.30444°E
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836:Yver (1927)
719:"Cap Tenes"
701:NOS Algeria
517:Suk Ibrahim
475:Reconquered
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224:Constructed
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1324:Categories
1234:Oued Fodda
1204:El Karimia
1199:El Hadjadj
1159:Beni Haoua
1144:Ain Merane
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1077:El Karimia
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1057:Aïn Merane
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648:References
602:Mostaganem
521:the Chelif
479:Byzantines
458:under the
432:Punic Wars
430:after the
416:Phoenician
408:Phoenician
242:stone base
239:Foundation
227:1861
151:Population
60:36°30′44″N
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1044:Districts
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653:Citations
571:Oruç Reis
544:Almoravid
494:Spaniards
481:and then
444:Cartennae
440:Latinized
438:name was
402:Cartennae
321:Intensity
143:Elevation
63:1°18′16″E
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1299:Taougrit
1264:Oum Drou
1244:Oued Sly
1214:Harchoun
1209:El Marsa
1169:Boukadir
1149:Benairia
1131:Communes
1112:Zeboudja
1102:Taougrit
1082:El Marsa
1067:Boukadir
858:18 March
792:28 April
729:28 April
625:See also
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498:Al-Bakri
420:Carthage
294:Operator
271:Markings
119:District
107:Province
1294:Talassa
1269:Sendjas
1219:Harenfa
1184:Chettia
926:"Tenes"
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552:Ziyanid
548:Almohad
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532:Fatimid
485:by the
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467:Vandals
452:Ptolemy
388:History
382:Algiers
378:Algeria
324:1,000 W
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88:Country
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483:taken
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366:Ténès
329:Range
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936:ISBN
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