El Ksour ( ar, القصور) is a town and commune in the

Kef Governorate Kef Governorate ( ' ) is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It comprises chiefly part of the dorsal Atlas Mountains and their foothills in north-western Tunisia, bordering Algeria. It covers an area of 4,965 km2 and has a popul ...

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. As of 2004 it had a population of 5,357.Recensement de 2004 (Institut national de la statistique)
It is located by road to the southeast of

Dahmani Dahmani, formerly Abbah Quşūr (alternative spellings Abbah Qusur or Ebba Ksour), is a town and commune in the Kef Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 14,061. It is located at 625 meters above sea level, 225 kilometers southw ...

. The Ancient Roman site

Vicus Maracitanus Vicus Maracitanus was a civitas of the Roman Province of Roman North Africa that has been identified with ruins at 36° 01′ 04″ N, 9° 13′ 47″ E the modern village of Ksar-Toual-Zouameul (just south of El Ksour) in Siliana province Tunis ...

is located to the south. The town contains some fine Berber architecture.

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

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