Siliana ( aeb, سليانة ') is a modern farming town in northern

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. It is located at around , 130 km south-west of the capital

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. It is the capital of the

Siliana Governorate Siliana Governorate ( ' ) is one of the twenty-four governorates (provinces) of Tunisia, is landlocked and is in the north of the country. It covers an area of 4,631 km2 and has a population of 223,087 (2014 census). The capital is Silia ...

. It is located 4 miles away from Jama where the

Battle of Zama The Battle of Zama was fought in 202 BC near Zama, now in Tunisia, and marked the end of the Second Punic War. A Roman army led by Publius Cornelius Scipio, with crucial support from Numidian leader Masinissa, defeated the Carthaginian ar ...

occurred. Siliana Dam, is located 10 km north of the city of Siliana.

History

During the Second Punic War The battle of Zama took place ten kilometers from Siliana. There was a Roman town here during

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediterr ...

, it appears on the

4th century The 4th century (per the Julian calendar and Anno Domini/Common era) was the time period which lasted from 301 (Roman numerals, CCCI) through 400 (Roman numerals, CD). In the West, the early part of the century was shaped by Constantine the Grea ...

Peutinger Map ' (Latin for "The Peutinger Map"), also referred to as Peutinger's Tabula or Peutinger Table, is an illustrated ' (ancient Roman road map) showing the layout of the ''cursus publicus'', the road network of the Roman Empire. The map is a 13th-cen ...

. Modern Siliana was founded in 1905. In April 1990 the Silianian people made the first Tunisian revolution against the police, it was the first Tunisian voice ever against the government. In November 2012, Siliana witnessed clashes between

protester A protest (also called a demonstration, remonstration or remonstrance) is a public expression of objection, disapproval or dissent towards an idea or action, typically a political one. Protests can be thought of as acts of coopera ...

s for unemployment and the local police. Both

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and the

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Navi Pillay Navanethem "Navi" Pillay (born 23 September 1941) is a South African jurist who served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014. A South African of Indian Tamil origin, she was the first non-white woman judge of ...

called on the authorities to end the use of "excessive force".

Neighborhoods

Siliana has 17 neighborhoods * ons * riadh 1 * riadh 2 * farhat hached * hay monji slim (jlas) * jomhoria * ferdaous * nour ( aben ) * sinaii * al barid * nouzha * fleha * basatin * salah * tay mhiri * zouhour

Climate

Siliana has a

cold semi-arid climate A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi-ar ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

''BSk''). In winter there is more rainfall than in summer. The average annual temperature in Siliana is . About of precipitation falls annually.

Sports

Siliana is the home of Uss: union Siliana sport, a football team that was founded in 1955.

History

Neighborhoods

Climate

Sports

Education

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