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Tunis
Capital and largest city of Tunisia
For other uses, see Tunis (disambiguation).
Capital city in Tunis Governorate, Tunisia
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| Coordinates: 36°48′23″N10°10′54″E / 36.80639°N 10.18167°E / 36.80639; 10.18167 | |
| Country | Tunisia |
| Governorate | Tunis Governorate |
| Delegation(s) | El Bab Bhar, Bab Souika, Cité El Khadra, Djebel Jelloud, El Kabaria, El Menzah, El Omrane, El Omrane Superieur, El Ouardia, Ettahrir, Ezzouhour, Hraïria, Medina, Séjoumi, Sidi El Bechir |
| Established | 698 AD |
| • Mayor | Souad Abderrahim (Ennahda) |
• Capital city | 104 km2 (40 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,668 km2 (1,030 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 41 m (135 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
• Capital city | 599,368 |
| • Density | 5,794/km2 (15,010/sq mi) |
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Medina of Tunis (Tunisia)Historic building characteristics
The Medina contains over 80 listed monuments, including religious monuments, mosques such as Al-zaytouna Mosque, the Kasbah and Youssef Dey, and mausoleums such as Tourbet el Bey; palaces and noble houses such as Dar el-Bey, Dar Hussein, Dar Ben Abdallah and Dar Lasram; educational institutions, including medrasahs such as Es- Slimanya and El-Mouradia, and the Zaouia of Sidi Mehrez, and government buildings such as the El Attarine military barracks. Minaret and mosque of Sidi Yousef. By Citizen59, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Madrasa Es-Slimanya. By Sami Mlouhi, CC-BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Funerary hall, Tourbet El Bey mausoleum. By Jean-Pierre Dalbéra CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr Skyline of Tunis, wit
Tunis is a crossroad of civilizations. Its culture is a synthesis of different influences accumulated over 3,000 years of history. By its central geographical position in the Mediterranean Basin, only 140 km away from Europe through the Strait of Sicily, anchored to the African continent, linked to the Maghreb region, to the Arab and Islamic world, Tunis was in the center of an expansion movement from Mediterranean civilizations and the main monotheistic religions. Tunis history reveals a past where Mediterranean cultures have succeeded themselves. The Berber –Amazighs – represented a cultural and ethnic constant to which were added other ethno cultural elements that have been integrated and assimilated to different degrees, leaving a legacy of more or less significance throughout the centuries. Thus, in the modern Tunis, culture is a synthesis of the mixed legacy of Berber, Punic, Roman, Arab, Turkish, European, African, Jewish, Christian and Islamic culture. These different influences can be found today in varied elements such as patrimonial sites, architecture, music, cus Copyright ©tubglen.pages.dev 2025 | |