El Fahs ( ar, الفحص) is a town and commune located in the

Zaghouan Governorate Zaghouan Governorate ( ar, ولاية زغوان ' ) is one of the twenty-four governorates (provinces) of Tunisia and is in north-eastern Tunisia. It covers an area of and its population was 176,945 at the 2014 census. The capital is the town o ...

, 60

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south South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...

west West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic languages, German ...

Tunis ''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois , population_note = , population_urban = , population_metro = 2658816 , population_density_km2 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 ...

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. Its population in 2014 was 23,561.Recensement de 2004 (Institut national de la statistique)
/ref> It is located in the Wadi Miliane valley, surrounded by mountains, in particular the

Djebel Zaghouan Djebel Zaghouan ( ar, جبل زغوان) is a mountain and the highest point in Eastern Tunisia at 1,295 m. The mountain is located in an area of a National Park. The town of Zaghouan is located below on its northern slope. The mountain is the sit ...

. The Roman site of

Thuburbo Majus Thuburbo Majus (or Thuburbo Maius) is a large Roman site in northern Tunisia. It is located roughly 60 km southwest of Carthage on a major African thoroughfare. This thoroughfare connects Carthage to the Sahara. Other towns along the way in ...

is located 3 km away. Under the French protectorate, the city was known as Pont du Fahs, (trans. ''Bridge-of-Fahs''), named after the remains of a

Roman era In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC ...

bridge in the vicinity. The town was the site of a

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

battle during the

Tunisia Campaign The Tunisian campaign (also known as the Battle of Tunisia) was a series of battles that took place in Tunisia during the North African campaign of the World War II, Second World War, between Axis powers, Axis and Allies of World War II, Allied ...

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Populated places in Zaghouan Governorate Communes of Tunisia {{Tunisia-geo-stub

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