Its location on a natural harbour (Annaba Gulf) between Capes Garde and Rosa early attracted the Phoenicians, probably in the 12th century bce. It passed to the Romans as Hippo Regius, was the residence of the Numidian kings, and achieved independence after the Punic Wars (264–146 bce).
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The city's population dipped following the war as most people of European extraction immigrated to France, but Annaba's charms and attributes soon lured new ...
Annaba, situated near the Tunisian coast, has the reputation of being a welcoming, open and tolerant town. In Annaba (which has also gone by the names ...
The city was captured by the Vandals in 431. After the Arab conquest of Algeria in the 7th cent., Annaba became an important Muslim city and port. Spanish ...