Hajeb El Ayoun ( ar, حاجب العيون) is a town and commune in the
Kairouan Governorate
Kairouan Governorate ( ') is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is landlocked and in the centre-east of the country. It covers an area of 6,712 km2 and has a population of 570,559 (2014 census). The narrower province of Sous ...
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Tunisia
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. As of 2004 it had a population of 9,648. It is also the capital of a district of 35,403 inhabitants.
The Mayor is Hassen Zaïdi, and the
post code
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is 3160.
Geography
It is located at 35° 23′N, 9° 32′
E and across fields from the west shores of Sidi Saad lake having the largest dam in Tunisia, which enables
agricultural
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irrigation in the surrounding fields. The economy includes
olive
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and
apricot
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Usually, an apricot is from the species '' P. armeniaca'', but the fruits of the other species in ''Prunus'' sect. ''Armeniaca'' are also ...
production.
The town is 49
m above
sea level
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.
History
Ruins
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near the town have tentatively been identified with the remains of a
Roman era
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town of
Masclianae.
The town is also the
seat
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in name at least of an ancient
Christian
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titular
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Arts, entertainment, and media
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Religion
* Titular (Catholicism), a cardinal who holds a titulus, one of the main churches of Rome
** Titular bisho ...
Bishopric
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
In the 1830s the site was excavated by
Lieutenant
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The meaning of lieutenant differs in different militaries (see comparative military ranks), but it is often sub ...
Harinezo, who discovered the remains of a
Christian era
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,
basilica
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, with various inscriptions in situ. The ruins have been suggested as the remains of the
Roman
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
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civitas of
Germaniciana Abbir Germaniciana also known as Abir Cella is the name of a Roman and Byzantine-era city in the Roman province of Africa proconsularis (today northern Tunisia). The city was also the seat of a bishopric, in the ecclesiastical province of Carthag ...
.
The
United States Army
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engaged
Rommel
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s
Afrika Korps
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here on 19 February 1943.
[David T. Zabecki, World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia (Routledge, 2015) p 1333.]
Notable people
Ali Chourabi magistrate and independant presidential candidate at the 2014 elections.
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Béchir M'hedhbi, a politician during the independance period, director of the Tunisian national radio and a personality in charge of various government position, ministries and ambassador.
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Moncef (el) Ouahibi poet, writer and academic
See also
*
List of cities in Tunisia
This is the list of 350 cities and towns in Tunisia. In the list by governorate, capitals are shown in bold.
List of most-populated cities
List of municipalities by governorate
See also
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*List of cities by country
*Governorates of Tunis ...
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El Ayoun (Tunisia)
El Ayoun (Arabic: العيون ) is a town in Kasserine Governorate, Tunisia, population 18634 (2004 census).
*See also Hajeb El Ayoun
Hajeb El Ayoun ( ar, حاجب العيون) is a town and commune in the Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia. As ...
*
Ayoun el Atrous
Ayoun al Atrous (also known as Aioun el Atrouss) ( ar, عيون العتروس) is a town in southern Mauritania. It is located at around . It is the capital of Hodh El Gharbi region. The city is served by the Aioun el Atrouss Airport, north-we ...
, Mauritania
References
Populated places in Kairouan Governorate
Communes of Tunisia
Tunisia geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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