Reference Places – TUNOCENT

Ayn Draham

Ayn Draham (ʕīn Drāham) is a town in the Jendouba Governorate of North Western Tunisia, located 25 km south of Tabarka and only about 10 km to the Algerian border. […]

Balta

Balta (Balṭa) is a village situated about 13 km north of the town of Bū Sǟlim in the Jendouba Governorate. Near the mountain called Ǧbal Bū Saʕīd, there is the […]

Beja

Beja is the biggest city in North Western Tunisia and the capital of the eponymous Governorate. It has a long history, being founded by Berbers, followed by the rule of […]

Bir Saad

Bir Saad is a village in the South Tunisian governorate of Gafsa. It is located a little more than ten kilometers to the east of the village of Bou Omrane. Actually, […]

Bou Omrane

Between Mountain and Main Road, Old and New Bou Omrane is a mountain village in the south Tunisian governorate of Gafsa and around 40 kilometres east of its capital. According […]

Bou Saad

Bou Saad is an ancient Berber village in the South Tunisian governorate of Gafsa. According to an article the Tunisian newspaper aš-Šurūq published in 2016, Bou Saad used to be […]

Dahmani

Dahmani – a Town of Bicycles Dahmani is located in the south western part of the governorate El Kef. While people can reach Dahmani and its surrounding area by shared […]

Drija

About 10 km from the small town of Bargo in the Siliana Governorate, Drija (Drīža) is a small village situated in the middle of an agricultural area with mainly olive […]

El Garia

About 10 km from the town of Kisra in the governorate of Siliana, El Garia (il-Garya) consists of a few small neighbourhoods, among them il-Garya iš-Šamālīya and il-Garya il-Žanūbīya. This […]

El Guettar, located in the southwest Tunisian governorate of Gafsa, is famous for its former natural water sources (ʕyūn). Though they have dried out since decades, El Guettar’s residential quarters […]

El Kef

Impressions of El Kef El Kef is the capital of its eponymous Tunisian governorate. It is located in the northwestern part of the country in the Tunisian-Algerian border region. However, […]

Er Rouhia

Er Rouhia (ir-Rūḥīya) is a small town (with about 4,000 inhabitants) and district capital (muʕtamadīya) in the Siliana Governorate. According to local sources, its original population was formed by the […]

Gafsa

Gafsa (Latin: Capsa) is the capital of the same-named southwest Tunisian governorate. It abuts on a forest area (žarr) to its south, which has nearly the size of the town […]

Jabbes

Jabbes is in the north-eastern part of the Tunisian Kasserine governorate. It is a very pastoral place with a cactus landscape situated on a mountain chain. There are many sacred […]

Lakhouet

Lakhouet (l-Axwǟt) is a small town in the north of the Governorate Siliana. Despite its smallness, it has some developed infrastructure and a direct train connection to the capital. […]

Medjez el Bab

Medjez el Bab is a town in the North West Tunisian governorate of Beja, situated some 60 km away from the capital Tunis. It is located in the plain of […]

Moulares

Moulares is a small town in the hilly landscape of the southwest Tunisian governorate of Gafsa. With its geographical closeness to Algeria and the jobs it offers in the phosphate […]

Nefza

Nefza (formerly Djebel Abiod / Ǧabal Abyaḏ̣) is a small town in the North West Tunisian governorate of Beja, located in a valley between the Kroumir and the Mogod mountains. […]

Redeyef

Redeyef is a town in the very west of the Tunisian governorate of Gafsa, and was, according to local sources, called Xanfūsa l-Kaḥla in older days.

Sakiet Sidi Youssef

Sakiet Sidi Youssef is a small town in the northern part of the Tunisian governorate el Kef. Locals call it sometimes only with its short name “Segya”. Many tribes passed […]

Sbiat

Sbiat is a rural place in the south of the Tunisian el Kef governorate between the towns of Tajerouine and Jerissa. According to local sources, the name Sbiat traces back […]

Sbiba

Sbiba is an old town in the east of the Tunisian governorate of Kasserine. Ruins in its Fath-district (Ḥayy l-Fatḥ) bear witness to the Roman founders of the town. Moreover, […]

Shlihat

Shlihat is a rural place 15 km to the south west of the governorate’s capital el Kef. According to local sources, the toponym harks back to a Berber tribe group, […]

Shmeysiya

Shmeysiya, also called Shmeyshiya, is a small village in the countryside of the town Dahmani within the Tunisian governorate of el Kef. As the place provides both, arable land and […]

Sidi Hmada

The village of Sidi Hmada (Sīdi Ḥmǟda) is located on the foot of Žbal is-Sarž in the governorate of Siliana. The region is famous for the grotto ʕĪn iḏ-Ḏhab and […]

Sidi Shil

Sidi Shil is a mountainous region in the Tunisian governorate of Kasserine. Due to its closeness to the town of Thala, Sidi Shil can be regarded as its northern […]

Siliana

Siliana is a modern town with about 30,000 inhabitants and the capital of the Governorate Siliana. It was founded in 1905 and is located about 130 km to the southwest […]

Tajerouine

Tajerouine, a Berber toponym, is a town in the south-western part of the Tunisian governorate El Kef. Usually two possible etymologies, both referring to Berber nouns, are given for this […]

Testour

Testour is a small town located in the North West Tunisian governorate of Beja and situated on the hills of the Medjerda Valley. The population of Testour is famous for […]

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