Zaghouan (or Zaghwan; ar, زغوان '' ; ber, ⵣⴻⵖⵡⴰⵏ / Zeɣwan)'' is a town in the northern half of

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. Situated on a low ridge of the Dorsale Mountains, the town has a mild climate and presents a green aspect. Cold water from here was taken by the Zaghouan Aqueduct to

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. The town is famous for its

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s, originally cultivated by Muslim refugees from Spain in the seventeenth century. The town is located around 60 km due south of

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and around 50 km inland (west) from the

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and has an estimated population of around 20,837 (2014). It is the capital of the

Zaghouan Governorate Zaghouan Governorate ( ar, ولاية زغوان ' ) is one of the twenty-four governorates (provinces) of Tunisia and is in north-eastern Tunisia. It covers an area of and its population was 176,945 at the 2014 census. The capital is the town o ...

. On the mountain south of the city is the Roman Water Temple Djebel Zaghouan (Temple de Eaux), source of an aqueduct which used to take water to the city of

over 100 km away. The ruins here are illustrated in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1840, as 'Temple and Fountain of Zagwhan', the subject of a poem by

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Ecclesiastical history

Zagwan is the presumed site of the Ancient city of Zica, which was among the many of sufficient importance in the

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to become a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan of

, in the papal sway, yet was to fade completely, probably at the seventh century advent of Islam. Its historically documented bishops were : * ''

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schismatic Donatus attended the Council of Carthage in 411, where his heresy was condemned as such by the Catholic bishops, among whom Zica had no counterpart * Vincentius intervened at the Council of Carthage in 484 called by king

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of the Vandal Kingdom, and was afterwards exiled like most Catholic bishops.

Climate

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File:Zaghouan 1900.jpg, Postcard of Zaghouan in 1900 Image:TUNISIE ZAGHOUAN 01.JPG, Zaghouan in Tunisia Image:Tunisie_Parc_de_Djebel_Zaghouan.jpg, Tunisie Parc on Djebel Zaghouan

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