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Bizerte

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. Bizerte was founded by Phoenicians. While the French ruled Tunisia, they improved and fortified the outer harbor and deepened the channel to the Lake of Bizerte, where there are naval works and the town of Menzel Bourgiba. The White Russian fleet (1920) and the Spanish republican fleet (1939) were interned at Bizerte. It was a German base in World War II and was heavily bombed (1943) by the Allies. Tunisian insistence that France evacuate its naval installations at Bizerte led to violent confrontations in 1961; the base was turned over to Tunisia in 1963.

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	TUNISIA: INVESTMENTS IN BIZERTE INDUSTRIAL ZONE AQUIRED.(Government Activity)(International Pages)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included) Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 5/17/2001; 77 words ; ...newspaper (May 14, 2001), official statistics show that the Tunisian Bizerte Free Trade Zone has so far attracted TD (Tunisian dinar) 56 million ($45 million) in investments. The Bizerte zone, situated 60 kilometers north of the Tunisian capital, Tunis... Read more
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	TUNISIA: PRIVATIZATION - CIAMIT LOOKING FOR BUYERS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included) Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 6/25/2000; 82 words ; ...recently launched a tender for the privatization of the Ciamit company, a manufacturer of cement-asbestos pipes headquartered in Bizerte. 33% of Ciamit stake are controlled by the Arab Investment Corporation and other institutional investors. The company is a... Read more
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	TUNISIA - Refining Sector. Newspaper article from: APS Review Downstream Trends; 4/29/2002; 186 words ; ...refinery, with a capacity of 35,000 b/d, and this sector has not seen changes for decades. Plans to double the capacity of Bizerte's refinery, proposed in the early 1980s, have been dropped as the project was too expensive for the government. The Ministry... Read more
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