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{{short description|City in Annaba, Algeria}}
[[File:Chetaibi23.jpg|thumb|right|Chetaibi]]
'''Chetaïbi''' ({{langx|ar|شطايبي}}; {{langx|ber|Ceṭṭaybi}}) (formerly Herbillon) is a small [[fishing port]] in [[Annaba Province]], [[Algeria]] located on a peninsula west of [[Annaba]].

==Geography==
The [[Commune (administrative division)|commune]] of Chetaïbi is located about 62&nbsp;km northwest of the [[wilayah]] of Annaba. Chetaïbi has a [[fishing port]]. The main beaches of Chetaïbi are Chétaibi, Les sables d'or, Oued Leghnem, Fountaine Romaine, La Baie Ouest and Sidi Akkacha.

The population of the town was 8035 in the 2008 [[census]].<ref>[http://www.ons.dz/collections/w23_p1.pdf  &#91;PDF&#93;Recensement 2008 de la population algérienne, wilaya d'Annaba, sur le site de l'ONS. &#91;archive&#93;.]</ref> The [[postal code]] of Chetaïbi is 23014.

==Gallery==
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Chetaibi village.jpg|Village of Chetaïbi 
Chetaibi vue Aerienne.jpg|Aerial view of Chetaïbi 
Chetaibi.jpg|Chetaïbi  
Village chetaibi.jpg |Chetaïbi
</gallery>

==History==
During the [[Roman Empire]] there was a [[civitas|Roman town]] called Tacuata and based on the remaining ruins, it was a relatively important city. In Roman times it was the starting point of a road to the west, marked by Muharur ([[Sidi Akkacha]]), Zacca (Cape de Fer), where red [[Porphyry copper deposit|porphyry]] was mined and exported to Rome through the port on the [[Seybouse]], then Culucitanis (El Marsa) and Paratienis (Guerbes).

With Muslim conquests of the [[Maghreb]], the [[Arab]]s renamed the town "Tekkouch", from the [[Berbers|Berber]] "Teccuche". Several places along the shore are associated with legends of the neighboring peoples. The local population considers the bay of Sidi Akacha "sacred". For about a decade it was frequented by armed terrorists because of its isolation and rugged forested terrain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.annabacity.net/news/breve_3863_annaba+lieu+histoire+sidi+akacha+saint+chetaibi.html |title=Annaba. Un lieu, une histoire: Sidi Akacha le saint de Chetaïbi |trans-title=A Place, a History: Sidi Akacha, the holy of Chetaïbi|author1=B. Ahmed Ramy| author2=El Watan | date=August 3, 2008 |publisher=Anabacity |language=French}}</ref> The forest, extensive along this part of the coast, is greatly admired with very rigorous asceticism. A number of mausoleums host brilliant fantasia, as in Sidi Boufernana every year.

In 1830, during the siege of [[Annaba]], a clandestine flotilla came every night from Tekouch to supply the inhabitants of the city with provisions. At that time, a historical event of great size was not lacking in certain interest and deserves a precision: since it is there, even in the Edough, where its maquis has preserved in the mountains the memory of the revolt of si Zeghdoud. From a family of scholars bearing the name of Oued Jemaoune, he was born in Souk el had (Ain oum elrakha today) against the occupier although dating from the first day gained in magnitude in June 1841 refugee to Sidi Akkacha.

At the end of the 19th century, Tekouch took the name of the [[France|French]] general {{ILL|Émile Herbillon|fr}}. At the time when the ship ''Le Caramy'' transported passengers between [[Bône]] and Herbillon, the first doctors to practice there were Drs Bendjelloul and Monpére.

After [[Algerian independence]] the town was renamed Chetaïbi.<ref>[http://imeddz.free.fr/chetaibifr/histoirefr.html   Docteur A.FRIHA, « Histoire de Chetaibi » &#91;archive&#93; (consulté le 31 mai 2016)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114173430/http://imeddz.free.fr/chetaibifr/histoirefr.html |date=2014-01-14 }}.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{in lang|fr}} [http://annaba.net.free.fr/html/chetaibi.htm Chetaïbi]

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{{Annaba Province}}

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[[Category:Communes of Annaba Province]]
[[Category:Annaba Province]]