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Bizerte

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

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 ... Read more

Bizerta
Bizerta (Bizerte, Banzart), Tunisia Hippo Diarrhytus/Zarytus Also known as Banzart which comes from the Arabic binzart , a corruption of the Low... Read more

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 renamed in honor of Habib Bourguiba , Tunisia's leader. Read more

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	EIB LENDS TUNISIA EURO 30 MILLION FOR ROADS AROUND BIZERTE. ; ...and construction of some 47 km of roads around Bizerte, North of Tunis. The project consists of developing an improved road network around the lake of Bizerte, between the towns of Bizerte, Tinja and Menzel Bourguiba and the Tunis-Bizerte... Read more
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	A Regional Businesses Center to be opened soon in Bizerte ; The Tunisian Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Bizerte region has formed and held a training program for the personnel of the new business center, which will be opened in Bizerte by the end of this year. La Presse reports that the aim of the new... Read more
	Anastasia Chirinskaya given Alexandre Nevski Award in Bizerte ; ...Chrinskaya was given Alexandre Nevski award on Friday September 2 in Bizerte. Chrinskaya was happy to receive this award, which is, a prestigious...the Russian Embassy in Tunisia. Chrinskaya has been living in Bizerte, Tunisia since 1920, the year in which six to seven thousand... Read more
	BIZERTE FREE ZONE LURES $65 MILLION INVESTMENTS ; ...newspaper (November 1, 2002), the Chief Director of the Tunisian Bizerte Free Trade Zone, Mr. Kamal Belkahiya, said that the free trade...Mr. Belkahya estimates the foreign investments volume in the Bizerte Free Trade Zone at TD 83.5 million ($59 million), while the... Read more
	TUNISIA - Bizerte Refinery ; ...refinery in trucks. Products refined at Bizerte include gasoline, gasoil, fuel oil, LPG...There was a plan to double the capacity of Bizerte refinery. The project, estimated to cost...not produced in sufficient quantity at Bizerte or are not produced locally. These include... Read more
	Wydad of Casablanca defeat C.A Bizerte ; ...team, Wydad of Casablanca, flew to Tunisia on last Monday in preparation for its encounter against the Tunisian club of C.A Bizerte. The game ended in a minimal but important victory for Wydad (1:0). This latest result has left the Tunisian side without any... Read more
	TUNISIA - The Bizerte Refinery ; ...30,000 b/d and net output is 27,000 b/d. Products refined at Bizerte include gasoline, gas oil, fuel oil, LPG, naphtha, natural...refined products that are not produced in sufficient quantity at Bizerte or are not produced at all. Imports include heavy fuel oil... Read more
	Soc: Stade Abidjan 3 CA Bizerte 0 CAF cup result ; AAP Sports News (Australia) 05-07-2000 Soc: Stade Abidjan 3 CA Bizerte 0 CAF cup result ABIDJAN, May 6 Reuters - Stade Abidjan (Ivory Coast) 3 CA Bizerte (Tunisia) 0 - result. Confederation of African Football (CAF) Cup, second round... Read more
	Tunisia Is Doubling Capacity Of Bizerte Oil Refinery ; The capacity of Tunisia's single oil refinery at Bizerte is to be doubled to 60,000 b/d and the contract for this is estimated at $75-80m. Leading the bidders is Snamprogetti, which built... Read more

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