Téboursouk | |
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Commune and town | |
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  Téboursouk Téboursouk in the Béja Governorate | |
| Coordinates:36°27′26″N009°14′54″E / 36.45722°N 9.24833°E /36.45722; 9.24833 | |
| Country |  Tunisia |
| Governorate | Béja Governorate |
| Population (2022[1]) | |
• Total | 21,022 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Téboursouk (Tunisian Arabic:تبرسقTābūrsūqⓘ) is a town and commune in theBéja Governorate,Tunisia. It is located at 36° 27′ 26″N, 009° 14′ 54″E.
In 2004 it had a total population of 10,987,[2] and of 22,115 inhabitants in 2014.[1]
The town is part of thegovernorate of Béja, and it constitutes a municipality.Located at the foot of theTéboursouk Mountains in the Tunisian ridge, the city is built half-way up a hill at 400 m (1,300 ft) abovesea level. It overlooksolive groves in the valley ofWadi Khalled.
Téboursouk is located on the territory of theBerber tribe of the Bejaoua, near the Drid tribe, at the northern end of the Haut-Tell. Located 4.6 km (2.9 mi) away are the ruins of theRoman city ofDougga.
During the Roman Empire, Téboursouk was known as "Tubursico-Bure", and was in theRoman province ofAfrica Proconsularis. The ruins of ancient Thubursicum Bure are a largeByzantine enclosure of pentagonal form, erected under the reign ofJustin II (565-578), and whose northern front encompasses a Roman gate and cemetery.
The Roman city was considered amunicipium.
The city obtained the statute of municipality in 1904 under theFrench protectorate and the status of chief town of delegation at theindependence of Tunisia. In 2004, the municipality celebrated the centenary of its creation.
During Roman and Byzantine times the city was the seat of aCatholicdiocese, the suffragan ofArchdiocese of Carthage.[3][4]
There are four documented bishops of Téboursouk.Servus Dei is mentioned byAugustine of Hippo in hisContra Cresconium[5] around 404 and he had as a competitor theDonatist Bishop,Cyprian, who, according to the testimony of Augustine, was deposed by Primianus (the DonatistBishop of Carthage) because[6] Cyprian was caught in abrothel.
At theconference of Carthage of 411 between Catholic bishops and Donatists the same Servus Dei was joined by the Donatist bishop Donatus who had replaced the now disgraced Cyprian.
Bishop Reparatus attended theCouncil of Carthage (525).
Today Tubursico-Bure survives astitular bishopric and the current titular bishop isMykhaylo Bubniy,ExarchArchbishop of Odesa.
