Lake of Tunis

The Lake of Tunis is a natural lagoon located between the capital city of and the . The lake covers a total of 37 square kilometres, in contrast to its size its depth is very shallow. It was once the natural harbour of Tunis.
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  • Lagoon
  • Description: lake in Tunisia
  • Also known as
    “Buhayra Tunis”
    “Buḩayrat Tūnis”
    “Complexe lac de Tunis”
    “El Bahira”
    “El Baihra”
    “Tunis Lake”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chikly and Fort Santiago Chikly.
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is a small island located in the northern part… is situated 3 km west of Lake of Tunis.
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is situated 3 km west of Lake of Tunis.
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The is the first and… is situated 4 km northeast of Lake of Tunis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Berges du Lac and La Goulette.
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Les is an affluent neighborhood in , .
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, also known by the endonym Halq al-Wadi…
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is a town and commune in the , . is situated 5 km south of Lake of Tunis.

Lake of Tunis

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Latitude
36.81574° or 36° 48′ 57″ north
Longitude
10.24979° or 10° 14′ 59″ east
Open location code
8F8GR68X+7W
Geo­Names ID
2464468
Wiki­data ID
Q576856

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake of Tunis” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “البحيرة El Bahira”
  • Arabic: “البحيرة El Buhayra”
  • Arabic: “بحيرة تونس”
  • Basque: “Tunisko aintzira”
  • Catalan: “Llac de Tunis”
  • Chinese: “突尼斯湖”
  • Chuvash: “Тунис кӳлли”
  • Dutch: “Lake of Tunis”
  • Dutch: “Meer van Tunis”
  • Esperanto: “Lago Tunizo”
  • French: “Lac de Tunis”
  • German: “See von Tunis”
  • Hausa: “Tafkin Tunis”
  • Hebrew: “אגם תוניס”
  • Hindi: “ट्यूनिस झील”
  • Igbo: “Ọdọ Mmiri Tunis”
  • Italian: “Lago di Tunisi”
  • Japanese: “チュニス湖”
  • Korean: “튀니스호”
  • Lithuanian: “Tuniso ežeras”
  • Macedonian: “Туниско Езеро”
  • Persian: “دریاچه تونس”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Tuniskie”
  • Russian: “Бахира”
  • Russian: “Тунисское озеро”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tunisko jezero”
  • Slovenian: “Jezero Tunis”
  • Somali: “Harada Tunis”
  • Spanish: “Lago de Túnez”
  • Swahili: “Ziwa la Tunis”
  • Turkish: “Tunus Gölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Туніське озеро”
  • Venetian: “Łago de Tùnixi”
  • Venetian: “Łago de Tùnizi”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Tiwnis”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Tunis”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tunis Ferry Port and El Aouina Station.

Tunisia: Highlights

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