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. […]

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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 […]

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Beja

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 […]

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Bridal accessoires

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, […]

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At home

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 […]

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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 […]

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Dahmani

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 […]

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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 […]

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El Garia Shamaliya. View from the mountains

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 […]

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El Guettar. Date palm

El Guettar

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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Jabbes located on a mountain chain

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 […]

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Granary of Lakhouet

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.   […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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.

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Impressions of Saqiat

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 […]

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The pip fruit Bou Baasis

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 […]

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I love Sbiba

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, […]

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almonds cultivation

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, […]

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Cats' home

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 […]

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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 […]

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Prickly plant

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Great Mosque of Testour

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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