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An ancient settlement located in the modern Soummam river valley at a place called Tiklat, which is near modern El Kseur in Algeria's Kabylia province. Here the Roman emperor Augustus established a veteran colony. Bishops of Tubusuctu are attested in the fifth century CE.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/305171

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.6558112698, 4.83854673629

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Tiklat (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- OSM Location: Tiklat ruins (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Tubusuctu (330 BC - AD 640)
- Tubusuptu (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Tupusuctu (330 BC - AD 640)
Associated Modern Names:
- القصر (El Kseur: Arabic, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- تخلاث (Tiklat: Arabic, AD 1800 - AD 2099)

Tubusuctu makes connections with:

None

Tubusuctu receives connections from:

Aqueduct supplying Tubusuctu from the northwest flows into Tubusuctu (30 BC - AD 640)
El Ar(i)ouia cisterns (Tubusuctu) located at Tubusuctu (unspecified date range)

Place type:
ruin, settlement, archaeological site

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Evidence:

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 31 B3 Tubusuctu

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tiklat

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Suggested citation:
E.W.B. Fentress, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Tubusuctu: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/305171> [accessed: 11 December 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/305171 |title=Places: 305171 (Tubusuctu) |author=Fentress, E. |accessdate=December 11, 2025 12:54 am |publisher=Pleiades}}