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Documents for "Tunisia Political Geography":

• Bizerte Arab. Banzart, city (1994 pop. 98,900), N Tunisia, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is an important port, strategically situated near the narrowest part of the Mediterranean. The city also has processing industries...

• Dougga Tunisia: see Duggah.

• Duggah or Dougga , village, Tunisia, SW of Tunis. It is a tourist spot noted for the ruins of the ancient city of Thugga, including a Punic mausoleum (2d cent. BC); temples, arches, a theater, a circus, and an...

• Hadrumetum see Susah , Tunisia.

• Jarbah see Jerba , Tunisia.

• Jerba or Jarbah , island, 197 sq mi (510 sq km), SE Tunisia, in the Mediterranean Sea. Fruits are grown on the island, once identified as the land of the lotus eaters. Its extensive Roman remains and beaches make...

• Kairouan see Qayrawan, Al , Tunisia.

• Kasserine Pass gap, 2 mi (3.2 km) wide, central Tunisia, in the Grand Dorsal chain (an extension of the Atlas Mts.). A key point in the Allied offensive in Tunisia in World War II, the pass was the scene of an...

• Manzil Abu Ruqaybah see Menzel Bourguiba , Tunisia.

• Menzel Bourguiba or Manzil Abu Ruqaybah , formerly Ferryville, town (1994 pop. 47,521), N Tunisia, on Lake Bizerte. It was founded as a naval installation during the period of French rule. After Tunisia became independent (1956), it was...

• Qayrawan, Al or Kairouan , city (1994 pop. 102,600), NE Tunisia. It is a sacred city of Islam. Founded in 670 by Uqbah bin Nafi, an Arab leader, it was the seat of Arab governors in W Africa until 800. Under the Aghlabid...

• Safaqis or Sfax , city (1994 pop. 230,900), E Tunisia, on the Gulf of Qabis (Gabès), an arm of the Mediterranean Sea. It is Tunisia's second largest city and has exports of phosphates, olive oil, cereals, and...

• Sfax see Safaqis , Tunisia.

• Sousse see Susah , Tunisia.

• Susah or Sousse , ancient Hadrumetum, city (1994 pop. 125,000), NE Tunisia, on the Gulf of Hammamat, an arm of the Mediterranean Sea. It is a fishing port and export point for olive oil. The city was founded c.9th cent. BC by the...

• Thugga see Duggah , Tunisia.

• Tunis city (1994 pop. 674,100), capital of Tunisia, NE Tunisia, on the Lake of Tunis. Access to the Gulf of Tunis (an arm of the Mediterranean) is by a canal terminating at a subsidiary port, Halq al...

• Tunisia Fr. Tunisie, officially Republic of Tunisia, republic (2005 est. pop. 10,075,000), 63,378 sq mi (164,150 sq km), NW Africa. Occupying the eastern portion of the great bulge of North Africa, Tunisia is bounded...