Tunis Governorate
Le Bardo
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Le Bardo

Le Bardo is a city west of . As of 2004, the population is 73,953. Built by the Hafsid dynasty in the 14th century, the name Bardo comes from the Spanish word "prado" meaning "meadow".
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  • Type: Town with 72,000 residents
  • Description: city in Tunisia
  • Also known as: “Bardaw”, “Bārdaw”, “Bardo”, “Bardois”, and “Bārdū”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Library of Tunisia and Bab Saadoun.

Library
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The is the legal deposit and copyright library for . It was founded in 1885, then known as the French Library, and then the People's library.

City gate
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is one of the gates of the of , the capital of .

Hospital
Photo: Sami Mlouhi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tunis and Manouba.

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is the capital of . There are quite a few must-see attractions, especially if you include the ruins of , which are easily accessed from here, and the Punic ports are interesting, too.

Town
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is a city in north-eastern , and is part the metropolitan area of , also called Grand Tunis. It is located at the west of Tunis city center at around. is situated 3½ km west of Le Bardo.

Suburb
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The is the medina quarter of , the capital of . It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. The Medina contains some 700 monuments, including palaces, , mausoleums, madrasas and fountains dating from various periods. is situated 3½ km southeast of Le Bardo.

Le Bardo

Latitude
36.814° or 36° 48′ 50″ north
Longitude
10.1363° or 10° 8′ 11″ east
Population
72,000
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
United Nations Location Code
TN LBO
Open location code
8F8GR47P+HG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 287558953
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2472675
Wiki­data ID
Q27263
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Le Bardo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باردو”
  • Armenian: “Բարդո”
  • Catalan: “Bardo”
  • Catalan: “El Bardo”
  • Catalan: “Le Bardo”
  • Cebuano: “Le Bardo”
  • Chinese: “巴尔杜”
  • Chinese: “巴爾杜”
  • Dutch: “Le Bardo”
  • French: “Bardo”
  • French: “Le Bardo”
  • German: “Bardaw”
  • German: “Le Bardo”
  • Greek: “Λε Μπαρντό”
  • Hebrew: “בארדו”
  • Hebrew: “לה בארדו”
  • Hungarian: “Le Bardo”
  • Italian: “Il Bardo”
  • Japanese: “レ・バルドー”
  • Korean: “르바르도”
  • Lithuanian: “Le Bardas”
  • Moksha: “Барда”
  • Moksha: “Бардо”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Le Bardo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Le Bardo”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Le Bardo”
  • Persian: “باردو”
  • Polish: “Bardau”
  • Polish: “Le Bardo”
  • Russian: “Бардо”
  • Russian: “Ле Бардо”
  • Scots: “Le Bardo”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Le Bardo”
  • Silesian: “Le Bardo”
  • South Azerbaijani: “باردو (شهر)”
  • South Azerbaijani: “باردو”
  • Spanish: “Le Bardo”
  • Swedish: “Le Bardo”
  • Turkish: “Bardo (şehir)”
  • Turkish: “Bardo”
  • Ukrainian: “Бардо”
  • Urdu: “باردو”
  • Zulu: “Le Bardo”

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