Tipasa Tipasa revived for a brief time during the Byzantine occupation in the 6th century but was given the Arabic language name, Tefassed, when Arabs arrived there. The term translated means badly damaged. At the end of the seventh century the city was destroyed by the Arabs and reduced to ruins. The town and its surroundings is home to the largest Berber-speaking group of western Algeria, the Chenoua people. In 1857, the area was settled again with the creation of the city of Tipaza that now has nearly 30,000 inhabitants.The city is an important tourist place in modern Algeria, mainly because of the Tipasa ruins.
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