N'Gaous (Latin: Nicives) is an ancient town in northeastern Algeria,[2] The city of N'Gaous is a city located southwest of the state of Batna, an area of 80.45 km, rising 770 meters above sea level, in a beautiful place among the strings of the Oras, with a is the westward and eastward terrain aspect.

[3][4] In the Middle Ages the town was praised by travelers and noted for its nuts, apricot orchards and olive trees.

Still known for its fruit, it has become center for it production since the introduction of abundant water, and the orchards, and this is contained in some travel books.

In Antiquity N'Gaous was the seat of a Christian bishopric which is presently a Roman Catholic titular see.

Although it ceased to function with the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb in the 7th century, the diocese was nominally restored in 1933 as a titular bishopric.