Skhira

Skhira is a coastal town in , central-eastern . It is located at around. It lies on the coast of the Gulf of Gabes. It has a large oil terminal for pipelines coming from the Tunisian and oilfields.
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  • Type: Locality with 11,900 residents
  • Description: Tunisian town
  • Also known as: Aş Şukhayrah”, “Cekhira”, “El Skhirra”, “La Skhirra”, “La Skhrira”, “La Srira”, “Sekhira”, “Skhrira”, “Skira”, and “Srira

Skhira

Latitude
34.2992° or 34° 17′ 57″ north
Longitude
10.06999° or 10° 4′ 12″ east
Population
11,900
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
United Nations Location Code
TN LSK
Open location code
8F6G73X9+MX
Geo­Names ID
2473161
Wiki­data ID
Q1365147
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Skhira” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: الصخيرة
  • Arabic: الصخيره
  • Arabic: صخيرة
  • Bulgarian: Скхира
  • Catalan: La Skhira
  • Catalan: Skhira
  • Cebuano: Skhira
  • Chinese: 希拉
  • Danish: Skhira
  • Dutch: Skhira
  • French: Skhira
  • German: Skhira
  • Japanese: スキラ (都市)
  • Korean: 스크히라
  • Korean: 스키라
  • Persian: الصخیره
  • Romanian: Skhira
  • Russian: Сехира
  • Russian: Шхира
  • Scots: Skhira
  • Serbo-Croatian: Skhira
  • Turkish: Suheyre
  • Ukrainian: Схіра
  • Welsh: Skhira
  • Zulu: Skhira

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