Ghar el-Melh
Ghar el-Melh, the classical Rusucmona and Castra Delia and colonial Porto Farina, is a town and former port on the southern side of Cape Farina in Bizerte Governorate, Tunisia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 10,500 residents
- Description: Tunisian town
- Also known as: “Ghar al-Milh”, “Ghar el Melah”, “Rar el Melah”, “Rhar el Melah”, and “Ruscania”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ras Jebel and Aousja.
Ras Jebel
Town
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Ras Jebel, also known as Ras el-Djebel, anciently known as Thunisa, is a town and commune in the Bizerte Governorate of Tunisia. The name of the city refers to the summit or end of the mountain, thus evoking the end of the Atlas Mountains. Ras Jebel is situated 8 km northwest of Ghar el-Melh.
Aousja
Village
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Aousja also spelled Ousja or Aousdja is a small town and commune located in Ghar El Melh district in the Bizerte Governorate of northern Tunisia, between El Alia and Ras Jebel, 48 kilometers north of Tunis. Aousja is situated 9 km southwest of Ghar el-Melh.
Ghar el-Melh
- Categories: municipality of Tunisia and imada
- Location: Ghar El Meleh, Bizerte Governorate, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Ghar el-Melh” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رأس زبيب”
- Arabic: “غار الملح”
- Arabic: “غارالملح”
- Catalan: “Ghar El Melh”
- Catalan: “Porto Farina”
- Cebuano: “Ghār al Milḩ”
- Dutch: “Ghar al Milh”
- French: “Ghar el Melh”
- French: “Ghar El Melh”
- French: “Port Farine”
- German: “Ghar El Melh”
- German: “Ghar el-Melh”
- German: “Porto Farina”
- Italian: “Ghar El Melh”
- Italian: “Porto Farina”
- Japanese: “ガール・エル＝メルフ”
- Persian: “غار الملح”
- Polish: “Gar al-Milh”
- Russian: “Гар-эль-Мела”
- Russian: “Гар-эль-Мелах”
- Russian: “Порто-Фарина”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ghar el-Melh”
- Turkish: “Ğar el-Mileh”
- Turkish: “Garü’l-Mileh”
- Ukrainian: “Гар-ель-Мільх”
- Zulu: “Ghar el-Melh”
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