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    Ghar el-Melh (Arabic: غارالملح, Ghar al-Milh, "Salt Grotto"), the classical Rusucmona and Castra Delia and colonial Porto Farina, is a town and former...
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    from the northern part during the Middle Ages and modern times. The Ghar el Melh lagoon is the last vestige of what used to be the Utica gulf. Following...
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    forms the northwestern end of the Gulf of Tunis. The Tunisian towns of Ghar el-Melh (the ancient Castra Delia), Rafraf, Lahmeri, and the beach of Plage Sidi...
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  • The Battle of Porto Farina took place at Porto Farina (now Ghar el-Melh) on 4 April 1655 (14 April by modern calendar) in northern Tunisia, when an English...
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    Mohamedia Mornag Rades Bizerte Governorate Bizerte (seat) Aousja El Alia Ghar El Melh Mateur Menzel Bourguiba Menzel Jemil Menzel Abderrahmane Metline Raf...
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    La Goulette (redirect from El Aouina)
    [la ɡulɛt], Italian: La Goletta), in Arabic Halq al-Wadi (حلق الوادي Ḥalq el-Wād), is a municipality and the port of Tunis, Tunisia. La Goulette is located...
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    figure who lived there, Abu Said al-Baji, it was previously called Jabal el-Menar. The town itself is a tourist attraction and is known for its extensive...
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    although continued silting has rendered the present-day settlement at Ghar el-Melh a small farming community. Although Carthage was later founded about...
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    Tunisia); 6th Brigade : formed part of the mhalla; 7th Brigade based in El Ghar Melh (Porto Farina). Also available from 1835 to 1860 were 4 artillery brigades...
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    Thysdrus Roman circus. [Thysdrus] The Circus | El Djem at circusmaximus.us. [Utica] Cahier Ghar el Melh (NO-SO) from Institut National du Patrimoine Tunisie...
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    Koroneiki Koroneiki olives in Ghar El Melh, Tunisia Olive (Olea europaea) Origin Greece Use Oil...
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  • but he was assassinated on the way at the order of Husayn I Bey at Ghar el-Melh. His tomb is located at the foot of the city's fort. Amy Aisen Kallander...
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    Kairouan (UK: /ˌkaɪər(ʊ)ˈwɑːn/, US: /kɛərˈ-/), also spelled El Qayrawān or Kairwan (Arabic: ٱلْقَيْرَوَان, romanized: al-Qayrawān [æl qɑjrɑˈwæːn] , Tunisian...
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    Mohamedia Mornag Rades Bizerte Governorate Bizerte (seat) Aousja El Alia Ghar El Melh Mateur Menzel Bourguiba Menzel Jemil Menzel Abderrahmane Metline Raf...
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    located at approximately 20 km (12 miles) from Ajim and 22 km (14 miles) from El Kantara by the Roman road. It is also the chief town and a municipality with...
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    neighborhoods in Sfax, most of which are: Hay El Rabdh Hay El Habib Hay El Bahri Hay Bourguiba Hay El Badrani Hay Ennasr Hay El Maez Hay Thyna Sadok Ghermazi Abdelmajid...
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    Azedine Beschaouch from 2011. The monumental Malik ibn Anas mosque (also El Abidine mosque; (جامع مالك بن أنس (سابقا جامع العابدين) )), built on an area...
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    resort developed in the late 1990s. It's a touristic station modeled on Port El-Kantaoui located in the Gulf of Hammamet. It was Developed by the Société...
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    Tunis (redirect from City El Khadra (Tunis))
    that Blake's fifteen ships attacked the Bey's arsenal at Porto Farina (Ghar el Melh), destroying nine Algerian ships and two shore batteries, the first time...
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    Mohamedia Mornag Rades Bizerte Governorate Bizerte (seat) Aousja El Alia Ghar El Melh Mateur Menzel Bourguiba Menzel Jemil Menzel Abderrahmane Metline Raf...
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    La Marsa (redirect from El-Marsa)
    Habib Bourguiba École primaire Nahj el Ward École primaire Taieb El Mhiri École primaire El Tabbek École primaire El Riadh La Marsa also houses 3 middle...
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    architecture. However, in the areas between the ports of Bizerte and Ghar El Melh, settlements founded by the Moors fleeing Andalusia were reconquered...
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    marine district and the marina. There is also the tourist area of Jinène El Oust which has 6 residential units and the Bekalta area which has 6 hotel...
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    Mohamedia Mornag Rades Bizerte Governorate Bizerte (seat) Aousja El Alia Ghar El Melh Mateur Menzel Bourguiba Menzel Jemil Menzel Abderrahmane Metline Raf...
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    Tunis, Tunisia reached a temperature of 48.9 °C (120.0 °F). On 24 July, Ghar el-Melh in northern Tunisia reached a temperature of 50 °C (122 °F). Heavy rain...
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    metre-gauge Sahel Metro railway line, which runs from Sousse and Monastir. Bordj el Kebir Fortress. Marine cemetery. Port of Mahdia. Slimane Hamza Mosque. Mahida...
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    Tunisia. The city is located northwest of Chott el Djerid, in between this Chott and the smaller Chott el Gharsa. It is the capital of Tozeur Governorate...
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    El Haouaria is a coastal town and commune in the Nabeul Governorate, situated in north-eastern Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 9,273. List of...
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    El Djem or El Jem (Tunisian Arabic: الجمّ, il-Jamm) is a town in Mahdia Governorate, Tunisia. Its population was 21,544 at the 2014 census. It is home...
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  • relations with France and expanding the corsair port of Porto Farina (later Ghar el-Melh), located at a strategic coastal site, which increasingly supplanted...
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