Sidi El Hani (or Sidi Al-Hani) (سيدي الهاني) is a town and

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in the

Sousse Governorate Sousse Governorate ( ' ) is one of the twenty-four governorates (provinces) of Tunisia. It is beside the eastern coast of Tunisia in the north-east of the country and covers an area of 2,621 km2 and has a population of 674,971 (2014 census). ...

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located at 35.67 n, 10.30 e. As of 2004 it had a population of 3,058. It gives its name to the largest lake of the governorate, a natural salt lake or salt pan (''

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'') in dry seasons, the Sebkhet de Sidi El Hani which is shared with between one and two other areas depending on precipitation and its maximum extent forms the official boundary with part of a third,

Monastir Governorate Monastir Governorate ( ' ) is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in north-eastern Tunisia. It covers an area of 1,019 km2 (393 mi2) and has a population of 548,828 (2014 census). The capital is Monastir. A ...

. The town is 30 km south-west of the coast, its straightest connection being by

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, with a secondary connection by road, the P12 road which is a principal road to

Kairouan Kairouan (, ), also spelled El Qayrawān or Kairwan ( ar, ٱلْقَيْرَوَان, al-Qayrawān , aeb, script=Latn, Qeirwān ), is the capital of the Kairouan Governorate in Tunisia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city was founded by th ...

from the A1 a few kilometres to the east. it is 19 km from

and 26 km from

Raqqada Raqqāda ( ar, رقّادة) is the site of the second capital of the 9th-century dynasty of Aghlabids, located about ten kilometers southwest of Kairouan, Tunisia. The site now houses the National Museum of Islamic Art. History In 876, the ni ...

History

During the

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Sidi El Hani was a Roman town of the

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of Africa Proconsularae. The remains a large

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are still seen. The town was known as ''Quartz August'' (Street of Augustus) or

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Augustii (the Village of Augustus) and was active from 30 BC to AD 640. In

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Sidi El Hani was the

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of a

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, and remains a

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ric of the

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