Gharbi () is the second 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 ...

. Chief town is

Mellita Keyhole sand dollar refers to five living species of sand dollars in the genus ''Mellita'', plus the extinct †'' Mellita aclinensis''. They are found on the Atlantic coasts of the Americas, ranging across the Caribbean Islands (e.g. Bermuda, ...

. Located 20 km from the

Sfax Sfax ( ; , ) is a major port city in Tunisia, located southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD849 on the ruins of Taparura, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate (about 955,421 inhabitants in 2014), and a Mediterranean port. Sfax has a ...

coast, the island has an area of 69 km². The name means "Westerner" in Arabic. The largest island of the group, Chergui, means "Easterner" in Arabic.

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