El Fahs
El Fahs is a town and commune located in the Zaghouan Governorate, 60 kilometers south-west of Tunis, Tunisia. Its population in 2014 was 23,556. It is located in the Wadi Miliane valley, surrounded by mountains, in particular the Djebel Zaghouan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 23,600 residents
- Description: Tunisian town
- Also known as: “Al Faḩş”, “Fahs”, “Pont du Fahs (during Frech protectorate)”, “Pont du Fas”, “Pont-du-Fahs”, “Port-du-Fachs”, and “Qanţarat al Faḩş”
- Address: El Fahs
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thuburbo Majus.
Thuburbo Majus
Park
Thuburbo Majus is a large Roman site in northern Tunisia. It is located roughly 60 km southwest of Carthage on a major African thoroughfare. This thoroughfare connects Carthage to the Sahara. Thuburbo Majus is situated 3 km north of El Fahs.
El Fahs
- Categories: municipality of Tunisia, imada, and locality
- Location: Banlieu D’El Fahs, El Fahs, Zaghouan Governorate, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
36.37171° or 36° 22′ 18″ northLongitude
9.90194° or 9° 54′ 7″ eastPopulation
23,600Elevation
195 metres (640 feet)Open location code
8F8F9WC2+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1277956973OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2468285Wikidata ID
Q657250
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“El Fahs” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الفحص”
- Catalan: “El Fahs”
- Cebuano: “El Fahs”
- Czech: “El Fahs”
- Dutch: “El Fahs”
- French: “El Fahs”
- Italian: “El Fahs”
- Korean: “엘파스”
- Macedo-Romanian: “El Fahs”
- Persian: “الفحص (شهر)”
- Persian: “الفحص”
- Polish: “Al-Fahs”
- Romanian: “El Fahs”
- Scots: “El Fahs”
- Swahili: “El Fahs”
- Turkish: “El-Fahs”
- Ukrainian: “Ель-Фахс”
- Zulu: “El Fahs”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bureau de Poste El Fahs and بلدية الفحص.
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