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The monuments include the Libyco-Punic Mausoleum of Dougga (pictured, already listed a part of the World Heritage Site of Dougga ), the necropolis of Chemtou, the megalithic dolmens of Eles, the monuments at Maktar, and the mausoleum of Henchir Bourgou in Djerba. [20]
Chott el-Jérid. Lagune de Ghar El Melh. Lac Ichkeul. The number of Ramsar sites in Tunisia is 42 in 2022, corresponding in total to 844,685 hectares of land coverage. [1] Below is a list of these sites. Tunisia started to take part in the Ramsar Convention in 1981 and has many Wetlands of significant size, such as the Chott el Jerid and ...
The Bloody Road to Tunis: Destruction of the Axis Forces in North Africa, November 1942 – May 1943. Greenhill Books. ISBN 9781853674457. Schreiber, Gerhard (2017). "The End of the North African Campaign and the War in Italy, 1943 to 1945". Germany and the Second World War. Vol.
Topographic map of Tunisia. Tunisia is on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa, midway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Nile Delta. It is bordered by Algeria on the west and Libya on the south east. It lies between latitudes 30° and 38°N, and longitudes 7° and 12°E. An abrupt southward turn of the Mediterranean coast in northern ...
Thuburbo Majus (or Thuburbo Maius) is a large Roman site in northern Tunisia. It is located roughly 60 km southwest of Carthage on a major African thoroughfare. [1] This thoroughfare connects Carthage to the Sahara. Other towns along the way included Sbiba, Sufes, Sbeitla, and Sufetula. Parts of the old Roman road are in ruins, but others do ...
Rank Region (Governorate) HDI (2021) High human development 1 Grand Tunis (Tunis, Ariana, Ben Arous, Manouba) 0.798 – Tunisia 0.731: 2 Sud Est (Gabes, Medinine, Tataouine)
List of World Heritage Sites in Tunisia. Categories: Historic sites in Tunisia. Nature conservation in Tunisia. World Heritage Sites in Africa by country. World Heritage Sites by country. Hidden categories: Automatic category TOC generates no TOC. Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Arab States. Kerkouane or Kerkuane ( Arabic: كركوان, Karkwān) is the site of an ancient Punic city in north-eastern Tunisia, near Cape Bon. Kerkouane was one of the most important Punic cities [dubious – discuss], with Carthage, Hadrumetum (modern Sousse ), and Utica. This Phoenician city was probably abandoned during the First Punic ...