Taoura is a
district
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in
Souk Ahras Province
Souk Ahras ( ar, ولاية سوق أهراس) is a province (''wilaya'') in the Aures region in Algeria, named after its capital, Souk Ahras. It stands on the border between Algeria and Tunisia.
Geography
Souk Ahras is situated in the extre ...
,
Algeria
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named after its capital,
Taoura
Taoura, known in antiquity as Thagora, is a town and commune in Souk Ahras Province in north-eastern Algeria.
History
Thagora was a Carthaginian and Roman
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.
The district is divided into the
municipalities
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of Taoura,
Zarouria, and
Dréa.
Districts of Souk Ahras Province
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