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Société Nationale Des Chemins De Fer Tunisiens
The Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens (English: ''Tunisian National Railway Company''), abbreviated SNCFT, is the national railway of Tunisia and under the direction of the Ministry of Transport. SNCFT was founded on December 27, 1956 It Replaced the Tunisian Railway Farms Company (Company Fermiere et Chemin de fer Tunisien) (CFT). Headquartered in Tunis the company employs about 6000 people. SNCFT provides both passenger and freight services at a national level. Tunisia inherited much of its rail transport system from the French and the Tunisian Government has developed the infrastructure further. Due to historical reasons, the country has two different track gauge systems. Thus SNCFT manages 471 km of network in the northern and a 1,674 km of network in the central and southern part of the country (65 km electrified); only 8 km are dual gauge track (2006). Tunisia has a rail link with neighbouring Algeria via the border at Ghardimaou, but pas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Tunisian may refer to: * Someone or something connected to Tunisia *Tunisian Arabic *Tunisian people *Tunisian cuisine * Tunisian culture {{Disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Marsa
La Marsa ( aeb, المرسى ') is a coastal town in far north eastern Tunisia near the capital Tunis. The population is estimated as 92,987, as of 2014. The old summer capital of pre-colonial Tunisia, it is today a popular vacation spot for many wealthy Tunisians. It is connected to Tunis by the Tunis-Goulette-Marsa, TGM railway. Gammarth is adjacent to El Marsa further up the coast. History *Ancient Carthage was a Semitic people, Semitic civilization centered on the Phoenician city-state of Carthage, located in North Africa on the Gulf of Tunis, outside what is now Tunis, Tunisia. It was founded in 814 BC. Originally a dependency of the Phoenician state of Tyre, Carthage gained independence around 650 BC and established a hegemony over other Phoenician settlements throughout the Mediterranean, North Africa and what is now Spain which lasted until the end of the 3rd century BC. At the height of the city's prominence, its political influence extended over most of the western Med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menzel Bourguiba
Menzel Bourguiba ( ar, منزل بورقيبة, Manzil Būrgībah, lit=House of Bourguiba), formerly known as Ferryville, is a town located in the extreme north of Tunisia, about from Tunis, in the Bizerte Governorate. Toponymy The town's name translates as "House of Bourguiba", as it was named after the first president of independent Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba, in 1956. During the French protectorate of Tunisia (1881–1956), Menzel Bourguiba was named Ferryville, referring to contemporary French minister Jules Ferry and was nicknamed ''"Petit Paris"'' (Translated "Little Paris") by its inhabitants of French origin. In addition, it housed the arsenal of the French navy known as the Sidi-Abdallah, which was only handed over to the Tunisian authorities in 1962. Geography The town of Menzel Bourguiba is located about sixty kilometres north of Tunis and about twenty kilometres south of Bizerte, capital of the governorate of the same name. It is located in the south-west of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabarka
Tabarka ( ar, طبرقة ') is a coastal town located in north-western Tunisia, close to the border with Algeria. Tabarka's history is a mosaic of Berber, Punic, Hellenistic, Roman, Arabic, Genoese and Turkish culture. The town is dominated by an offshore rock on which there remains a Genoese castle. Nationalist leader Habib Bourguiba, later president of post-independence Tunisia, was exiled on Tabarka by the French colonial authorities in 1952. Tourist attractions include coral fishing, the Coralis Festival of underwater photography, and its annual jazz festival. Name Tabarka was known to the Carthaginians as ( xpu, 𐤕𐤁𐤓𐤊𐤏𐤍). This was transcribed into Greek as ''Thaúbraka'' () and into Latin as ''Thabraca''. In modern day Berber it is known as ''Tabarka'' or ''Tbarga'', while its Arabic name is ''Ṭbarqa'' (). History Although older sources placed Thabraca within the Roman province of Numidia, recent ones agree on placing it in the Roman province o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamra
Tamra ( ar, طمرة, he, טַמְרָה or ) is an Arab city in the North District of Israel located in the Lower Galilee north of the city of Shefa-Amr and approximately east of Acre. In it had a population of . History Tamra is an ancient village on a hill. Old squared stone blocks have been reused in village homes. Cisterns and tombs carved into rock have also been found here. It has been suggested that Tamra is identical to Kefar Tamartha, a Jewish village mentioned in the Talmud as the home of 3rd century amora Rabbi Shila of Kefar Tamarta. Crusader period In the 1253, during the Crusader period, John Aleman, Lord of Caesarea, sold several villages, including Tamra, to the Hospitallers. In 1283 it was mentioned as part of the domain of the Crusaders, according to the ''hudna'' (temporary truce) between the Crusaders in Acre and the Mamluk sultan Qalawun. Ottoman period Tamra, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the census of 1596 the village was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bizerte
Bizerte or Bizerta ( ar, بنزرت, translit=Binzart , it, Biserta, french: link=no, Bizérte) the classical Hippo, is a city of Bizerte Governorate in Tunisia. It is the northernmost city in Africa, located 65 km (40mil) north of the capital Tunis. It is also known as the last town to remain under French control after the rest of the country won its independence from France. The city had 142,966 inhabitants in 2014. Names Hippo is the latinization of a PunicPerseus Digital Library Perseus.tufts.edu name ( xpu, 𐤏𐤐𐤅𐤍, ), probably related to the word ''ûbôn'', meaning "harbor". To distinguish it from Hippo Regius (the modern |
Mateur
Mateur ( aeb, ماطر ') is a town in northern Tunisia. It is located at around , close to the Lac Ichkeul National Park. Overview Located in the southwest of the governorate of Bizerte, Mateur is the county seat of a delegation of 61,919 inhabitants (2006) while its town counts 49,785 inhabitants divided in 8735 families and occupy 7120 accommodation according to the magazine edited by the municipality of Mateur (edition 2006). Concerning the etymological root of the name of the city, some people see a Latin origin : Matarensis would have been the name of an oppidum located on the site of Mateur during the ancient period. It is also known in different epochs under other names as Materense, Matarus, Matari, Mataris, Matar and Mataritanae. On the other hand, the Arabists see a rapprochement with the term of Matra (in the plural Amtar) which means "precipitation", referring to the rainfall level of the region. This city, the first town council of which is installed on Octo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Souk Ahras
Souk Ahras ( Berber: ''Tagast''; ancient name: ''Thagast''; ar, سوق أهراس) is a municipality in Algeria. It is the capital of Souk Ahras Province. The Numidian city of Thagaste (or Tagaste), on whose ruins Souk Ahras was built, was the birthplace of Augustine of Hippo and a center of Berber culture. It was a city of great culture, described as the very hub of civilization. Etymology The name derives from the Arabic word '' souk'' which means "market", and the Chaoui Berber word ''ahra'' (plural ''ahras'') which means "lion", in reference to the Barbary lions which existed in the neighboring forests until their extinction in 1930; hence ''Souk Ahras'' means "market of lions" (see also Oran (''Wahran'') and Tahert for names with a related etymology). Number of ''wild'' animals killed in Souk Ahras between 1877 and 1892 Source : Dr.Rouquette, Monographie de la commune Mixte de Souk Ahras, 1904, p. 274 The old name of the Numidian city of Thagaste, derives from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghardimaou
Ghardimaou ( aeb, غار الدماء) is a town in the north-west of Tunisia about 192 km from Tunis. It belongs to the Jendouba Governorate. The town has about 19,574 inhabitants (64,170 in 2014). The rail line from Tunis passing along the Medjerda river ends at Ghardimou; it was built in 1878, and formerly crossed eastwards the border into Algeria. Souk Ahras Souk Ahras (Berber: ''Tagast''; ancient name: ''Thagast''; ar, سوق أهراس) is a municipality in Algeria. It is the capital of Souk Ahras Province. The Numidian city of Thagaste (or Tagaste), on whose ruins Souk Ahras was built, was the bi ..., the first stop in Algeria, is 16 km away. The museum of the "common Tunisio-Algerian Remembrance" ("mémoire commune tuniso-algérienne") was opened in 2005 and describes the national struggle for independence. Ghardimaou was referenced in the biography of British personality Joseph McKeown, described as “the place where isheart lies”. McKeown has been a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Béja
Béja ( ar, باجة ') is a city in Tunisia. It is the capital of the Béja Governorate. It is located from Tunis, between the Medjerdah River and the Mediterranean, against the foothills of the Khroumire, the town of Béja is situated on the sides of Djebel Acheb, facing the greening meadows, its white terraces and red roofs dominated by the imposing ruins of the old Roman Empire, Roman fortress. History Etymology Classical era period The city endured brutal assaults by the Carthage, Carthaginians, the Numidians, the Ancient Rome, Romans, and, later on, by the Vandals. The Numidian king Jugurtha made the town his governing headquarters. Originally the town was named Waga, which became Vacca and then Vaga under the Romans and eventually Baja under the Arabs and Béja under the French occupation of Tunisia, French. The Romans destroyed the old Carthaginian citadel and replaced it with a new one; they built fortifications that are still standing today. Under the Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borj Cédria
Borj ( fa, برج) may refer to: Locations in Iran * Borj-e Olya, East Azerbaijan Province * Borj-e Sofla, East Azerbaijan Province * Borj-e Dasht Darreh, Fars Province * Borj-e Delbar, Fars Province * Borj-e Khankaram, Fars Province * Borj-e Safar Beg, Fars Province * Borj-e Seyfollah, Fars Province * Borj-e Seyyed, Fars Province * Borj Sukhteh-ye Olya, Fars Province * Borj Sukhteh-ye Sofla, Fars Province * Borj, Fahraj, Kerman Province * Borj, Ekhtiarabad, Kerman Province * Borj-e Abbasabad, Kerman Province * Borj, Khuzestan * Borj-e Ali Shir-e Olya, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province * Borj-e Ali Shir-e Sofla, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province * Borj-e Bahmani, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province * Borj, Markazi * Borj-e Abbas Khan, Markazi Province * Borj-e Balan, Markazi Province * Borj-e Cheshmeh-ye Mahmud, Markazi Province * Borj Qaqan, Markazi Province * Borj-e Kheyl, Mazandaran Province * Borj, North Khorasan (other) ** Borj, Bojnord ** Borj, Esfar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
