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 to a branch of the big Berber tribe of the Huwara (Huwāra) that are of Tripolitanian origin. Most people are engaged in farming and cultivate, in particular, cereals and olives, but also fruits like figs and the pip fruit zaʕrūr. Moreover, many locals work in the cement industry of Jerissa, which is only 6 km from Sbiat.
