Borj El Amri or Bordj El Amri ( ar, برج العامري) is a town in the
Manouba Governorate of
Tunisia
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. It is located southwest of
Tunis
''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois
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The town of Borj El Amri
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
contains 6,458 inhabitants and is the main town (''
chef-lieu
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
'') of the Borj El Amri
delegation which has 18,977 inhabitants.
It was created by a
decree
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of the
Bey of Tunis
Bey ( ota, بك, beğ, script=Arab, tr, bey, az, bəy, tk, beg, uz, бек, kz, би/бек, tt-Cyrl, бәк, translit=bäk, cjs, пий/пек, sq, beu/bej, sh, beg, fa, بیگ, beyg/, tg, бек, ar, بك, bak, gr, μπέης) is ...
in 1904. At that time it was known as Massicault in honor of
Justin Massicault, the
Resident General
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of
France
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in Tunisia from 1886 to 1892. It was renamed in 1961, it takes the name of Borj El Amri in connection with an ancient
fortress (''borj'').
Borj El Amri is home to the School of the
Tunisian Air Force
The Tunisian Air Force ( ar, جيش الطيران, french: Armée de l'Air) is one of the branches of the Tunisian Armed Forces.
History
The Tunisian Air Force was established in 1959, three years after Tunisia regained its independence from ...
and is served by the
Borj El Amri Airport.
Climate
References
Notes
Populated places in Tunisia
Communes of Tunisia
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