Chebba
Chebba | |
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  Chebba Location in Tunisia | |
| Coordinates:35°14′14″N11°06′54″E/ 35.23722°N 11.11500°E | |
| Country |  Tunisia |
| Governorate | Mahdia Governorate |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
| • Total | 22,232 |
| Time zone | UTC1(CET) |
Chebba(La Chebba,Ash Shabbah,aš-Šābbah,Sheba) is a small city in theMahdia GovernorateofTunisiainNorth Africaon the coast of theMediterranean Sea.[2]
History
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The city of Chebba derives its name from theheadland3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the east, which wasclassicallyknown as Caput Vada (headland above the shoals).[3][4][5]
The Byzantine generalBelisariuslanded here in 533 and went on to inflict a devastating defeat on theVandals.[6]The town of Chebba was founded by Justinian about 534 CE after the defeat of theVandals,[3]and namedJustinianopolis.[7]
The headland (Caput Vada) is now known as Ras Kaboudia[3]and is site of the ruins of thebordj(harbor fortress) of Bordj Khadidja, which was built uponByzantinefoundations.[8]The fortress guarded the harbor entrance and was one of a chain of similar forts built by theAbbasidsalong the coast ofNorth Africain the 8th century. It was later renamed after Khadija Ben Kalthoum, a poet of the eleventh century, who was born in Chebba.[9]
Notes
[edit]- ^"Tunisia: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population".Archived fromthe originalon 2013-02-09.Retrieved2011-03-09.World Gazetteer
- ^Jacobs, Daniel and Morris, Peter (2001)The rough guide to TunisiaRough Guides, London,page 235,ISBN1-85828-748-0
- ^abcHannezo, G. (1905)"Chebba et Ras-Kapoudia: Notes Historique"Bulletin de la Société archéologique de Sousse3(5): pp. 135–140; in French
- ^The shoals (Latinvada) refer to the shallows between the headland and theKerkennah Islands,see Hannezo (1905)
- ^In a footnoteGibbonssaysThe Caput Vada of Procopius (where Justinian afterwards founded a city - Da Ædific. l. vi. c.6) is the promontory of Ammon in Strabo, the Brachodes of Ptolemy, the Capaudia of the moderns, a long narrow slip that runs into the sea (Shaw's Travels, p. 111).Gibbons, Edward (1854)The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empireJohn Murry, London, volume 5page 105,
- ^Bury, J. B. (John Bagnell) (1923) "Chapter XVII: The Reconquest of Africa"History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I. to the death of Justinian: Volume 2Macmillan, New York,page 130,OCLC499411636
- ^Guérin, Victor (1862)Voyage archéologique dans la Régence de Tunis, Volume 1Henri Plon, Paris,page 150,OCLC23427230;in French
- ^Louis Carton(1906)."Le Bordj Khadidja (Chebba)".Bulletin de la Société archéologique de Sousse(in French) (8): 127–134.WikidataQ124213003.
- ^Sadiqi, Fatimaet al.(2009)Women writing Africa: The Northern regionFeminist Press at The City University of New York, New York,page 89,ISBN978-1-55861-588-5
External links
[edit]- "Chebba Map — Satellite Images of Chebba"Maplandia World Gazetteer
Media related toChebbaat Wikimedia Commons
