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BONA - LoveToKnow Article on BONA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | BONA (BoNE), a seaport of Algeria, in 36 53 N., 70 46 E., on a bay of the Mediterranean, chief town of an arrondissement in the department of Constantine, 220 m. |
 | | Bona is in direct steamship communication with Marseilles, and is the centre of a large commerce, ranking after Algiers and Oran alone in Algeria. |
 | | Bona is identified with the ancient Aphrodisium, the seaport of Hippo Regius or Ubbo, but it derives its name from the latter city, the ruins of which, consisting of large cisterns, now restored, and fragments of walls, are about a mile to the south of the town. |
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