Iomnium

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Iomnium
Roman ruins at Tigzirt.jpg
Tigzirt (Iomnium) archeologique roman site
Iomnium is located in Algeria
Iomnium
Shown within Algeria
LocationTigzirt, Tizi Ouzou Province, Algeria
Coordinates36°53′35″N 4°07′24″E / 36.893024°N 4.123269°E / 36.893024; 4.123269Coordinates: 36°53′35″N 4°07′24″E / 36.893024°N 4.123269°E / 36.893024; 4.123269

Iomnium was a Phoenician, Carthaginian, and Roman port on Algeria's Mediterranean coast at the site of present-day Tigzirt.

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Iomnium is a latinization of the town's Punic name, which appears to have combined the elements ʾY (Punic: