Tunis Governorate
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Sidi Bou Said

Sidi Bou Said

Sidi Bou Said is a village in . 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.
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  • Type: Village with 5,910 residents
  • Description: Tunisian town
  • Also known as: “Jabal el-Menar”, “Sīdī Abī Sa‘īd”, “Sidi Bou Saïd”, “Sidi Boussaid”, and “Sidi Bu Saïd”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tunisia Polytechnic School and Ennejma Ezzahra.

University
Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie, is a Engineering School. It was founded on June 26, 1991 by order of law N°91-42, and welcomed its first students in September 1994.

Museum
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, sometimes spelled Nejma Ezzohara, also The Palace of the Baron d'Erlanger is a historical palace at Sidi Bou Said, in northern , built from 1912–1922 by Baron Rodolphe d'Erlanger as his home in Tunisia.

Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The or Baths of Carthage, located in , , are the largest set of Roman built on the African continent and one of three largest built in the Roman Empire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Marsa.

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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.

Sidi Bou Said

Latitude
36.8711° or 36° 52′ 16″ north
Longitude
10.3491° or 10° 20′ 57″ east
Population
5,910
Elevation
69 metres (226 feet)
Open location code
8F8GV8CX+CJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 288137819
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2466688
Wiki­data ID
Q877391
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Sidi Bou Said” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سيدي أبو سعيد”
  • Arabic: “سيدي أبي سعيد”
  • Arabic: “سيدي بو سعيد”
  • Arabic: “سيدي بوسعيد”
  • Armenian: “Սիդի Բու Սաիդ”
  • Asturian: “Sidi Bou Said”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cəbəl əl-Mənar”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sidi Bu Said”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sidi-Bu-Said”
  • Belarusian: “Сідзі-Бу-Саід”
  • Catalan: “Sidi Bou Said”
  • Catalan: “Sidi Bou Saïd”
  • Cebuano: “Sidi Bou Saïd”
  • Chinese: “西迪·布塞”
  • Chinese: “西迪布賽義德”
  • Chinese: “西迪布赛义德”
  • Danish: “Sidi Bou Said”
  • Danish: “Sidi Bou Saïd”
  • Dutch: “Sidi Boe Said”
  • Dutch: “Sidi Bou Said”
  • Dutch: “Sidi Bu Said”
  • Finnish: “Sidi Bou Said”
  • French: “Sidi Bou Said”
  • French: “Sidi Bou Saïd”
  • German: “Sidi bou Said”
  • German: “Sidi Bou Said”
  • German: “Sidi Bou Saïd”
  • German: “Sidi Bu Said”
  • Greek: “Σιντί Μπου Σαΐντ”
  • Hebrew: “סידי בו סעיד”
  • Hebrew: “סידי בו-סעיד”
  • Indonesian: “Sidi Bou Said”
  • Italian: “Sidi Bou Sa’id”
  • Italian: “Sidi Bou Said”
  • Italian: “Sidi Bou Saïd”
  • Italian: “Sidi Bu Sa’id”
  • Japanese: “シディ・ブ・サイド”
  • Kabyle: “Sidi Bu Saɛid”
  • Kabyle: “Sidi Bu Sɛid”
  • Korean: “사디 브 사이드”
  • Korean: “시디 부 사이드”
  • Korean: “시디부사이드”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sidi Bou Saïd”
  • Macedonian: “Сиди Бу Саид”
  • Persian: “سیدی بوسعید”
  • Polish: “Sidi Bu Sajd”
  • Portuguese: “Sidi Bou Said”
  • Romanian: “Sidi Bou Said”
  • Romanian: “Sidi Bou Saïd”
  • Russian: “Сиди Бу Саид”
  • Russian: “Сиди-Бу-Саид”
  • Scots: “Sidi Bou Said”
  • Serbian: “Сиди Боу Саид”
  • Slovenian: “Sidi Bou Said”
  • Spanish: “Sidi Bou Said”
  • Spanish: “Sidi Bou Saïd”
  • Swedish: “Sidi Bou Said”
  • Tajik: “Сиди Бу Саид”
  • Turkish: “Sidi Bou Said”
  • Turkish: “Sidi Bu Said”
  • Ukrainian: “Сіді-Бусаїд”
  • Urdu: “سیدی بو سعید”
  • Welsh: “Sidi Bou Said”
  • Welsh: “Sidi Bou Saïd”
  • Zulu: “Sidi Bou Said”

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