formerly Bône
Seaport (pop., 1998: 348,554), northeastern Algeria.
Identified with the port of ancient Hippo (or Hippo Regius) to the south, it was a rich city of Roman Africa until 0441; AD 300. It was home to St. Augustine 396430. Severely damaged by the Vandals in 431, it was rebuilt by the Arabs in the 7th century and named Bona. It was occupied by the French in 1832 when they took over the area. Modern Annaba is Algeria's chief exporter of minerals; it also serves as a trading port and port of call.