Kerkouane

Kerkouane or Kerkuane is the site of an ancient Punic city in north-eastern , near . Kerkouane was one of the most important Punic cities, with , Hadrumetum, and Utica.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 19 metres (62 feet)
  • Description: archaeological site in Tunisia
  • Also known as
    “Karkwān”
    “Kerkuane”
    “Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis”

Kerkouane

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Latitude
36.9457° or 36° 56′ 44″ north
Longitude
11.0989° or 11° 5′ 56″ east
Open location code
8F8HW3WX+7G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 30021363
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6941921
Wiki­data ID
Q538061

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Kerkouane” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كركوان”
  • Asturian: “Kerkouane”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kerkuan”
  • Basque: “Kerkouane”
  • Bengali: “কেরকোয়ানে”
  • Bulgarian: “Керкуан”
  • Burmese: “ကက်ကူအန်း”
  • Catalan: “Kerkouane”
  • Chinese: “凯尔夸内”
  • Chinese: “科克瓦尼”
  • Croatian: “Kerkuane”
  • Czech: “Kerkouane”
  • Danish: “Kerkouane”
  • Dutch: “Kerkuane”
  • Esperanto: “Kerkouane”
  • Esperanto: “Kerkuan”
  • Esperanto: “Kerkuane”
  • Finnish: “Kerkuane”
  • French: “Cité punique de Kerkouane et sa nécropole”
  • French: “Kerkouane”
  • Galician: “Kerkouane”
  • Georgian: “კერკუანე”
  • German: “Kerkouane”
  • Greek: “Κερκουάν”
  • Hebrew: “כרכואן”
  • Hebrew: “קרקואן”
  • Hungarian: “Kerkuán”
  • Italian: “Kerkouane”
  • Japanese: “ケルクアン”
  • Latvian: “Kerkuāna”
  • Lithuanian: “Kerkuanas”
  • Maltese: “Kerkouane”
  • Maltese: “Kerkuane”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kerkouane”
  • Norwegian: “Kerkouane”
  • Persian: “کرکوان”
  • Polish: “Karkawan”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade Púnica de Kerkuane e sua Necrópole”
  • Portuguese: “Kerkouane”
  • Russian: “Керкуан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kerkuane”
  • Slovak: “Karkawán”
  • Slovenian: “Kerkouane”
  • Spanish: “Kerkouane”
  • Swedish: “Kerkuan”
  • Turkish: “Kerkouane”
  • Turkish: “Kerkuvan”
  • Ukrainian: “Керкуан”
  • Vietnamese: “Kerkouane”
  • Welsh: “Kerkouane”

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