Siliana Governorate, Tunisia · Africa
14,500
Population
Africa
Continent
Tunis
Timezone
TN
Country Code
Maktar or Makthar (Arabic: مكثر), also known by other names during antiquity, is a town and archaeological site in Siliana Governorate, Tunisia. Maktar was founded by the Berber Numidians as a defense post against Carthaginian expansion. At the end of the Third Punic War, it was settled by many Punic refugees after the Romans' destruction of Carthage in 146 BC. Under Roman rule, it obtained the status of a free city under Julius Caesar in 46 BC and became a Roman colony in AD 146. It formed part...
Coordinates
35.8580°, 9.2007°
Region/State
Siliana Governorate
District
Mu‘tamadīyat Makthar
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Country
Tunisia
Region
Siliana Governorate
Timezone
Africa/Tunis
Population
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