Northern Tunisia
Northern Tunisia is an area in Tunisia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Tunis and Carthage.
Tunis
Tunis is the capital of Tunisia. There are quite a few must-see attractions, especially if you include the ruins of Carthage, which are easily accessed from here, and the Punic ports are interesting, too.
Carthage
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Carthage was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classical world.
Sousse
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Sousse is one of the older cities in Tunisia, possessing an authentic medina, which has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Kairouan and Bizerte.
Kairouan
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Kairouan, sometimes spelled Kairwan, Kayrawan or Al Qayrawan, is a city in Tunisia. It's a holy city in Islam, ranking fourth after Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem as a place of pilgrimage.
Bizerte
Bizerte is the capital and largest city of Bizerte Governorate in northern Tunisia. It is the northernmost city in Africa, located 65 km north of the capital Tunis.
Monastir
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Monastir is a city in Tunisia 160 km from Tunis. 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.
Mahdia
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Mahdia is a city in Northern Tunisia, set along a superb coastline with a blue sea, as well as historical town full of tradition.
Hammamet
Hammamet is in Northern Tunisia. Thanks to its beaches, it is a popular destination for swimming and water sports and is the primary tourist destination in Tunisia.
El Jem
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El Jem is a town of 22,000 people in the east of Tunisia that holds the remains of a UNESCO World Heritage listed Roman amphitheater.
Kerkouane
Kerkouane or Kerkuane is the site of an ancient Punic city in north-eastern Tunisia, near Cape Bon. Kerkouane was one of the most important Punic cities, with Carthage, Hadrumetum, and Utica.
Dougga
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Dougga is a small town in the north of Tunisia that holds the extensive ruins of a Roman town, set on a hilltop, overlooking surrounding valleys with olive plantations, featured on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
Ichkeul National Park
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Ichkeul National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Northern Tunisia, Tunisia, located in the commune of Tinja.
Sidi Bou Said
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Sidi Bou Said is a village in Tunisia. The best time to visit is early autumn or spring, before the assault of package tourists begins, when you can still walk alone on the narrow streets, around white-blue traditional houses, enjoying the views.
La Goulette
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La Goulette, in Arabic Halq al-Wadi, is a municipality and the port of Tunis, Tunisia. La Goulette is located at around on a sandbar between Lake Tūnis and the Gulf of Tunis.
El Kef
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El Kef is a small city in northwest Tunisia. The city is built onto the southern face of the Jebel Dyr Mountain, which is part of the Tebersouk Mountains, the eastern end of the High Atlas Mountains.
Tabarka
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Tabarka is a coastal town located in north-western Tunisia, close to the border with Algeria. Tabarka was occupied at various times by Punics, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Genoese and Ottomans.
Kelibia
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Kelibia, often referred to as Klibia or Gallipia by European writers, is a coastal town on the Cap Bon peninsula, Nabeul Governorate in the far north-eastern part of Tunisia. Its sand beaches are considered some of the finest in the Mediterranean.
La Marsa
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La Marsa is a coastal city located in the northeastern part of Tunisia, situated along the Mediterranean Sea. It is part of the Tunis Governorate and has a population of around 100,000 people.
Port El Kantaoui
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Port El Kantaoui is a tourist complex 10 kilometres north of Sousse city in central Tunisia. It was built in 1979 specifically as a tourist center, around a large artificial harbour that provides mooring with 340 berths for luxury yachts, hosting sporting activities from water skiing to paragliding, and several golf courses.
Northern Tunisia
- Type: region
- Location: Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude of center
35.9825° or 35° 58′ 57″ northLongitude of center
9.8547° or 9° 51′ 17″ eastWikidata ID
Q14208448
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Slovenian—“Northern Tunisia” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “北突尼斯”
- Chinese: “北突尼西亞”
- Dutch: “Noord-Tunesië”
- French: “Nord tunisien”
- Greek: “Βόρεια Τυνησία”
- Italian: “Tunisia settentrionale”
- Portuguese: “Norte da Tunísia”
- Russian: “Северный Тунис”
- Slovenian: “Severna Tunizija”
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