Numidia was the name of an
ancient North African kingdom which, at its greatest extent, stretched from
Morocco to Libya. The people of Numidia were Berbers. We will use Numidia
as the name for the geocultural province includes the narrow coastal ribbon of habitable
land in today's Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and western Libya.
Boundaries
North: Mediterranean
Sea from the Strait of Gibraltar to the town of El Agheila (Al
Uqaylah) at the southern point of the Gulf of Sidra.
To
the north across the Mediterranean Sea: Iberia, Gallia, Noricum, and Latium.
East: El Agheila south
75 mi (120 km) to the oasis of Marada.
To
the east: Egypt.
South: From the
Atlantic port of Azemmour east via Casablanca, Meknes, Fes, and Oujda (south of
the Rif Mountains), then continuing along the coastal plain between the Atlas Mountains,
or the uninhabited desert, and the Mediterranean Sea to El Agheila.
To
the south: Incognita (Sahara).
West: Atlantic
coast from the mouth of the Oum Er-Rbia River, at the port of
Azemmour, to the Strait of Gibraltar.
To
the west: Incognita (Oceania).
Major
cities
Primary:
Casablanca.
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