Chergui

Chergui () is the largest of the

Kerkennah Islands Kerkennah Islands ( '; Ancient Greek: ''Κέρκιννα Cercinna''; Spanish:''Querquenes'') are a group of islands lying off the east coast of Tunisia in the Gulf of Gabès and to the east of Sfax, at . The Islands are low-lying, being no more ...

off the north coast of

Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...

. The name means "Easterner" in Arabic. The main town is

Remla Remla () is the main town of the Kerkennah Islands, Tunisia. It is part of the Sfax Governorate. A three-day Octopus An octopus (: octopuses or octopodes) is a soft-bodied, eight-limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (, ). The order con ...

. The island has an area of . The second largest island of the Kerkennah Islands group, Gharbi, means "Westerner" in Arabic. Islands of Tunisia Mediterranean islands {{Tunisia-geo-stub