Sfax Governorate
Sfax Ville
La Medina

Bab Diwan

Bab Diwan or Bab Bhar is one of the gates of the medina of Sfax. It is located in the southern facade of the old city between on the western corner and Bab Borj Ennar on the east.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Great Mosque and Municipal Theatre of Sfax.

Mosque
Photo: IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The of Sfax was the most important mosque in the old city of , . It was initially built towards the mid-9th century under the rule of the Aghlabid dynasty. is situated 180 metres northwest of Bab Diwan.

Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a theater building, which is situated 120 metres southeast of Bab Diwan.

Museum
Photo: Osalhi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as the Regional Museum of Arts and Folk Traditions, is an art museum located in . It was founded in 1939 by the French scholar on Maghrebi art Lucien Golvin, in a palace located in the heart of the ancient city of . is situated 230 metres north of Bab Diwan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sfax and Sakiet Eddaïer.

Photo: Dennis Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is on the east coast of , approximately midway on the highway between and the border with .

Town
is a town and commune in the , . 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. is situated 6 km north of Bab Diwan.

Village
Photo: El Golli Mohamed, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thyna, formerly Henchir-Tina, is a town and commune in the , . As of 2004 it had a population of 26,635. It is located on the coast about 12 km south of . is situated 7 km southwest of Bab Diwan.

Bab Diwan

Latitude
34.73474° or 34° 44′ 5″ north
Longitude
10.7623° or 10° 45′ 44″ east
Open location code
8F6GPQM6+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5671145219
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q23049220
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Italian—“Bab Diwan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باب الديوان”
  • Arabic: “باب بحر”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باب الديوان”
  • French: “Bab Diwan”
  • French: “Bab El Diwan”
  • Italian: “Bab Diwan”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bab Diwan”. Photo: Archimouda, CC BY-SA 4.0.