Béja Governorate
Medjez El Bab
El Mouatiss

Majaz al Bab

Majaz al Bab, also known as Medjez el Bab, or as Membressa under the Roman Empire, is a town in northern . It is located at the intersection of roads GP5 and GP6, in the Plaine de la Medjerda. It has been a titular see of the Catholic Church since 1933.
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  • Type: Town with 21,700 residents
  • Description: Tunisian town
  • Also known as: “Medjez el Bab”, “Medjez El-Bab”, “Membressa”, and “Membrossa”
  • Address: مجاز الباب, 9070
  • Postal code: 9070

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chaouach.

Village
is a village in , . It is located between and and north of Medjez-El-Bab. The area sits in a valley high up the sides of the watershed of the Medjerda river. In antiquity, it was a Roman Catholic diocese. is situated 10 km northwest of Majaz al Bab.

Majaz al Bab

Latitude
36.64715° or 36° 38′ 50″ north
Longitude
9.61652° or 9° 36′ 60″ east
Population
21,700
Elevation
51 metres (167 feet)
Open location code
8F8FJJW8+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 299265771
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2469386
Wiki­data ID
Q1153895
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Majaz al Bab” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مجاز الباب”
  • Catalan: “Medjez El Bab”
  • Catalan: “Mejez El Bab”
  • Cebuano: “Majāz al Bāb”
  • Chinese: “迈贾兹巴卜”
  • Chinese: “邁賈兹巴卜”
  • Chinese: “麥德傑斯奧巴布”
  • Czech: “Madžaz al Bab”
  • Czech: “Medžez el Bab”
  • Dutch: “Medjez el-Bab”
  • French: “Medjez El Bab”
  • French: “Medjez el-Bab”
  • French: “Medjez El-Bab”
  • Italian: “Medjez el-Bab”
  • Korean: “메자즈 알 바브”
  • Korean: “메자즈 알 밥”
  • Korean: “메자즈알바브”
  • Persian: “مجاز الباب”
  • Russian: “Меджес-эль-Баб”
  • Turkish: “Mecazü’l-Bab”
  • Ukrainian: “Меджаз-ель-Баб”
  • Urdu: “مجاز الباب”
  • Zulu: “Majaz al Bab”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Majaz al Bab”. Photo: Aya nefzi, CC BY-SA 4.0.