Henchir el Kesir
Henchir el Kesir is a locality in Zegana, Mahdia. Henchir el Kesir is situated nearby to the locality El Tafria, as well as near Ez Zghana.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mahdia Museum and Great Mosque.
Mahdia Museum
Museum
The Mahdia Museum is a museum in Tunisia specialising in Tunisian archaeology and heritage. It is located in the city of Mahdia. The museum collections includes Punic, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic elements and concentrates on popular traditions of central Tunisia. Mahdia Museum is situated 3½ km northeast of Henchir el Kesir.
Great Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Citizen59, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Great Mosque of Mahdiya is a mosque in Mahdia, Tunisia. Located on the southern side of the peninsula on which the old city is located, construction of the mosque was initiated in 916, when the city was founded by the Fatimid caliph Abdallah al-Mahdi, to serve as the new city's main mosque. Great Mosque is situated 3½ km northeast of Henchir el Kesir.
Gare Mahdia
Railway station
Photo: Phil Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gare Mahdia is a railway station in Mahdia, Tunisia, forming the southern terminus of the electrified, metre-gauge Sahel Metro line. It is operated by the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens. Gare Mahdia is situated 3 km northeast of Henchir el Kesir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rejiche and Mahdia.
Rejiche
Village
Photo: Meriem Mach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rejiche is a town and commune in the Mahdia Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004, it had a population of 8,925. It is a southern suburb of Mahdia, lying on the coast.
Mahdia
Photo: Nizar 27, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mahdia is a city in Northern Tunisia, set along a superb coastline with a blue sea, as well as historical town full of tradition.
Ksour Essef
Town
Ksour Essef or Ksour Essaf is a town and commune in the Mahdia Governorate, Tunisia, on the coast of the Sahel, about 200 km south of Tunis. As of 2014 it had a population of 36,274. Ksour Essef is noted as the birthplace of the poet Youssef Rzouga. Ksour Essef is situated 8 km southwest of Henchir el Kesir.
Henchir el Kesir
- Type: Locality
- Location: Zegana, Mahdia, Mahdia Governorate, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
35.4825° or 35° 28′ 57″ northLongitude
11.04056° or 11° 2′ 26″ eastOpen location code
8F7HF2MR+26GeoNames ID
2588506
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