Bir-Mecherga
Bir Mcherga is a town and commune in the Zaghouan Governorate, Tunisia in the northwest of Tunisia, the site of former Roman North African city and bishopric Giufi, which only remains as Latin Catholic titular see.- Type: Village with 8,330 residents
- Description: Tunisian town
- Also known as: “Bi’r al Mashāriqah”, “Bir M’cherga”, “Bir Mcherga”, and “Bir Meherga”
- Address: Bir Mcherga, 1141
- Postal code: 1141
Bir-Mecherga
- Categories: municipality of Tunisia, imada, and locality
- Location: Bir Mchergua, Zaghouan Governorate, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
36.51808° or 36° 31′ 5″ north
Longitude
9.95442° or 9° 57′ 16″ east
Population
8,330
Elevation
151 metres (495 feet)
Open location code
8F8FGX93+6Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Bir-Mecherga” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بئر المشارقة”
- Arabic: “بئر مشارڤة”
- Arabic: “بئر مشارقة”
- Arabic: “بئر مشارڨة”
- Catalan: “Bir Mcherga”
- Catalan: “Bir Mchergua”
- Dutch: “Bir Mcherga”
- French: “Bir Mcherga”
- French: “M’cherga”
- Italian: “Bir Mcherga”
- Persian: “بئر مشارقه”
- Polish: “Bir Maszariga”
- Swahili: “Bir Mcherga”
- Turkish: “Bir Meşerve”
- Ukrainian: “Бір-Мшерга”
- Zulu: “Bir Mcherga”
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