Skhira ( ar, الصخيرة) is a coastal town in Sfax Governate (), central-eastern
Tunisia
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. It is located at around . It lies on the coast of the
Gulf of Gabes
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. It has a large
oil terminal
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for pipelines coming from the Tunisian and
Algeria
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n oilfields. The old village grew in the late nineteenth century as the centre of the export trade in
esparto grass
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, used in the manufacture of
paper
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.
Populated places in Sfax Governorate
Populated coastal places in Tunisia
Communes of Tunisia
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