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 toponym: One is the plural of the Berber word for “frog” (in turn going back to the respective Latin and Greek word), the other the Berber expression for “a piece of land between two mountains or hills”.
Due to the town’s geographic location, the weekly market (sūg) of Tajerouine serves as a social meeting place not only for locals but also for people from the adjacent governorate of Kasserine and the neighbouring country Algeria. Because of its rural character and its closeness to the Algerian border, the market offers both regional agricultural products as well as international goods.
