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 in , .
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  • Locality with 10,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 10 metres (33 feet)
  • Description: Tunisian town
  • Also known as
    “Ghar al-Milh”
    “Ghar el Melah”
    “Rar el Melah”
    “Rhar el Melah”
    “Ruscania”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ras Jebel and Aousja.

Town
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, also known as Ras el-Djebel, anciently… is situated 8 km northwest of Ghar el-Melh.

Village
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also spelled Ousja or Aousdja is a small town… is situated 9 km southwest of Ghar el-Melh.

Ghar el-Melh

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Latitude
37.16939° or 37° 10′ 10″ north
Longitude
10.19064° or 10° 11′ 26″ east
Open location code
8F9G559R+Q7
Geo­Names ID
2470996
Wiki­data ID
Q2618068

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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”
  • Swahili: “Ghar al Milh”
  • Turkish: “Ğar el-Mileh”
  • Turkish: “Garü’l-Mileh”
  • Ukrainian: “Гар-ель-Мільх”
  • Zulu: “Ghar el-Melh”

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