Northern Tunisia
Monastir Governorate
Monastir

Monastir

Monastir is a city in 160 km from . Set along a superb coastline with a blue sea and long golden sandy beaches, Monastir is a pleasant seaside resort, a historical town full of tradition and one of the best tourist destinations in Northern Africa.
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  • Type: City with 105,000 residents
  • Description: Tunisian town
  • Also known as: “Al Munastīr”, “El Menstir”, “Hadrumetum”, “Mīstīr”, “Monastir, Tunisia”, and “Ruspina”
Photo: Asybaris01, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mustapha Ben Jennet Stadium and Ribat of Monastir.

Stadium
Photo: Bahbouhe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mustapha Ben Jannet Stadium is a multi-use in Monastir, . It is currently used by US Monastir, and was used for the 2004 African Cup of Nations.

Photo: Calips, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The is a ribat, an Islamic defensive structure, located in Monastir, Tunisia. It is the oldest ribat built by the Arab conquerors during the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb. It is also the most prominent monument of the city of Monastir.

Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
The is a historical located in Monastir, . Located on the outskirts of the city overlooking the sea, near the , the mosque is characterized by the high exterior facades built of stone, frames surrounding the windows and doors, as well as arches that extend along the mihrab.

Monastir

Latitude
35.7708° or 35° 46′ 15″ north
Longitude
10.8281° or 10° 49′ 41″ east
Population
105,000
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
IATA airport code
MIR
United Nations Location Code
TN MIR
Open location code
8F7GQRCH+86
Open­Street­Map ID
node 287553320
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2473493
Wiki­data ID
Q208715
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Monastir” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المنستير”
  • Arabic: “المـنسـتير”
  • Arabic: “منستير”
  • Aragonese: “Monastir (Tunicia)”
  • Aragonese: “Monastir”
  • Armenian: “Մոնաստիր”
  • Asturian: “Monastir”
  • Azerbaijani: “Monastır”
  • Bashkir: “Монастир”
  • Belarusian: “Аль-Манастыр”
  • Belarusian: “Манастыр”
  • Belarusian: “Манасцір”
  • Bengali: “মোনাস্তির”
  • Bulgarian: “Монастир”
  • Catalan: “Monastir”
  • Cebuano: “Monastir”
  • Chinese: “莫納斯提爾”
  • Chinese: “莫纳斯提尔”
  • Chinese: “莫纳斯蒂尔”
  • Czech: “Al-Monastir”
  • Czech: “Monastir”
  • Danish: “Monastir”
  • Dutch: “Monastir”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المنستير”
  • Esperanto: “Monastir”
  • Finnish: “Monastir”
  • French: “Monastir”
  • Galician: “Monastir”
  • Georgian: “მონასტირი”
  • German: “Monastir”
  • German: “Munastir”
  • Greek: “Μοναστήρι”
  • Greek: “Μοναστίρ Τυνησία”
  • Greek: “Μοναστίρ”
  • Gujarati: “મોનાસ્ટિર”
  • Hebrew: “מונאסטיר”
  • Hebrew: “מונסטיר”
  • Hebrew: “מונסתיר”
  • Hindi: “मोनास्टिर”
  • Hungarian: “Monasztir”
  • Indonesian: “Monastir, Tunisia”
  • Indonesian: “Monastir”
  • Italian: “Monastir”
  • Japanese: “モナスティル”
  • Kabyle: “Munastir”
  • Kannada: “ಮೊನಾಸ್ಟೀರ್”
  • Korean: “모나스티르”
  • Latvian: “Monastīra”
  • Lithuanian: “Monastyras”
  • Macedonian: “Монастир”
  • Malay: “Monastir, Tunisia”
  • Malay: “Monastir”
  • Marathi: “मोनास्टीर”
  • Moksha: “Монастир (Тунисия)”
  • Moksha: “Монастир”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لمنستير”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Monastir”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Monastir”
  • Norwegian: “Monastir”
  • Ossetian: “Монастир”
  • Persian: “المنستیر”
  • Polish: “Al-Munastir”
  • Polish: “Monastir”
  • Polish: “Monastyr”
  • Portuguese: “Monastir (Tunísia)”
  • Portuguese: “Monastir”
  • Romanian: “Monastir, Tunisia”
  • Romanian: “Monastir”
  • Russian: “Монастир”
  • Scots: “Monastir, Tunisie”
  • Scots: “Monastir”
  • Serbian: “Monastir”
  • Serbian: “Монастир”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Monastir”
  • Sinhala: “මොනස්ටර්”
  • Slovenian: “Monastir”
  • South Azerbaijani: “المنستیر”
  • Spanish: “Monastir Tunez”
  • Spanish: “Monastir Túnez”
  • Spanish: “Monastir”
  • Swedish: “Al-Munastir”
  • Swedish: “Monastir”
  • Tamil: “மோனஸ்ட்டிற்”
  • Telugu: “మొనస్టీర్”
  • Thai: “มอนัสตีร์”
  • Thai: “อัลมุนัสตีร”
  • Turkish: “Monastir”
  • Turkish: “Monastır”
  • Turkish: “Munastır”
  • Turkish: “Münestir”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастір”
  • Urdu: “منستیر، تونس”
  • Urdu: “منستیر، تیونس”
  • Vietnamese: “Monastir”
  • Welsh: “Monastir”
  • Zulu: “Monastir, Thuniziya”

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