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Guelma
Guelma
Guelma is the capital of Guelma Province in north-eastern Algeria. The city was first established as a town under the Phoenicians, who called it Malaca. Later, the Romans settled the area and renamed it Calama, part of the Roman province of Numidia.
Site Information
Country: Algeria
District: Guelma Province
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: First Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Phoenician
Later Cultures: Roman
Site Features: Roman Monuments
UNESCO Tentative List
Part of: Sites, Augustinian places and routes the central Maghreb
Date of Submission: 2002
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