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[[Image:Djemila.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The ruins at Djemila.]]

[[Image:Djemila.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The ruins at Djemila.]]

'''Djemila''' ([[Arabic]]: ''the beautiful one'') is an [[archaeology|archaological]] site of a mountain village in [[Algeria]], near the northern coast east of [[Algiers]]. The site has some of the best preserved [[Roman Empire|Roman]] ruins in North Africa. Originally named ''Cuicul'' by the Romans, it was established as a [[military]] garrison in the 1st century AD to exploit and control the surrounding [[agriculture|agricultural]] region. It has been estimated that it had a population of 20,000 in the 3rd century.<ref>''Djemila: Great Roman ruins'' [http://lexicorient.com/algeria/djemila.htm lexicorient]. Accessed 13 January 2008.</ref> The site was eventually abandoned in the 5th century, but not resettled by the Algerians. Being deemed by [[UNESCO]] "to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared; and to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates a significant stage in human history",<ref>''The Criteria For Selection'' [http://whc.unesco.org/en/criteria/ UNESCO]. Accessed 13 January 2008.</ref> it was decreed a [[World Heritage Site]] in 1982.

'''Djemila''' ([[Arabic]]: ''the beautiful one'') is an [[archaeology|archaeological]] site of a mountain village in [[Algeria]], near the northern coast east of [[Algiers]]. The site has some of the best preserved [[Roman Empire|Roman]] ruins in North Africa. Originally named ''Cuicul'' by the Romans, it was established as a [[military]] garrison in the 1st century AD to exploit and control the surrounding [[agriculture|agricultural]] region. It has been estimated that it had a population of 20,000 in the 3rd century.<ref>''Djemila: Great Roman ruins'' [http://lexicorient.com/algeria/djemila.htm lexicorient]. Accessed 13 January 2008.</ref> The site was eventually abandoned in the 5th century, but not resettled by the Algerians. Being deemed by [[UNESCO]] "to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared; and to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates a significant stage in human history",<ref>''The Criteria For Selection'' [http://whc.unesco.org/en/criteria/ UNESCO]. Accessed 13 January 2008.</ref> it was decreed a [[World Heritage Site]] in 1982.

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