El Alia
El Alia is a locality in Sfax Ouest, Sfax Governorate. El Alia is situated nearby to the locality Sidi Abbès, as well as near the region Sahel de Sfax.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bab Gharbi and Bab El Kasbah.
Bab Gharbi
City gate
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Bab Gharbi or the Western Gate in Arabic is one of the gates of the medina of Sfax. It is located in middle of the western front of the medina fence, next to Cheikh Mansour Hajr Rabat. Bab Gharbi is situated 3½ km southeast of El Alia.
Bab El Kasbah
City gate
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Bab El Kasbah is one of the gates of the Medina of Sfax, located in the west of its walls southern facade and gives access to its kasbah. Bab El Kasbah is situated 4 km southeast of El Alia.
Sfax War Cemetery
Cemetery
Sfax War Cemetery is a war cemetery located near Sfax, Tunisia, currently maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It contains a single Commonwealth burial from World War I, 1253 Commonwealth burials from World War II, and the grave of one Greek soldier from World War II. Sfax War Cemetery is situated 3½ km south of El Alia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sfax and Sakiet Ezzit.
Sfax
Photo: Dennis Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sfax is on the east coast of Tunisia, approximately midway on the highway between Tunis and the border with Libya.
Sakiet Ezzit
Town
Sakiet Ezzit is a town and commune in the Sfax Governorate, Tunisia. Attached administratively to the governorate of Sfax, it is the center of a delegation counting 72 481 inhabitants in 2006 and is a municipality with 44,886 inhabitants in 2004.2 The city itself has a population of 12 613 inhabitants. Sakiet Ezzit is situated 7 km northeast of El Alia.
Sakiet Eddaïer
Town
Sakiet Eddaïer is a town and commune in the Sfax Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 40,717. It is located at the entrance of National Road 1 as it enters the Sfax metropolitan area. Sakiet Eddaïer is situated 7 km northeast of El Alia.
El Alia
- Type: Locality
- Location: Sfax Ouest, Sfax Governorate, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
34.7518° or 34° 45′ 7″ northLongitude
10.723° or 10° 43′ 23″ eastElevation
17 metres (56 feet)Open location code
8F6GQP2F+P6GeoNames ID
11904755
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In Other Languages
“El Alia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “العالية”
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