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Constantine bridge in spring
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In 1880, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran discovered that the cause of malaria is a protozoan while working in a military hospital in Constantine.

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Constantine

Algeria

Country
Algeria
Population
448.4K
Coordinates
36.37, 6.61
513th most populous city in the world

Constantine, also spelled Qacentina or Kasantina, is the capital of Constantine Province in northeastern Algeria. During Roman times it was called Cirta and was renamed "Constantina" in honour of Emperor Constantine the Great.

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