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Youks-les-Bains

Coordinates: 35°27′N 7°57′E / 35.450°N 7.950°E / 35.450; 7.950
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Youks-les-Bains was the French colonial name of modern Hammamet, Tébessa.

Inscription romaine découverte à Youkous.

This was the site of the Ancient Roman city and bishopric of Caesarea in Numidia, which only remains as a Latin Catholic titular see.

In World War II, its Youks-les-Bains Airfield played a part in the allied fight against the Nazi Afrika Korps.

35°27′N 7°57′E / 35.450°N 7.950°E / 35.450; 7.950