El Borj
El Borj is an apartment building in La Medina, Sfax Ville, Sfax Governorate. El Borj is situated nearby to Mosque, as well as near the post office البريد السريع باب الجبلي.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bab Gharbi and Great Mosque.
Bab Gharbi
City gate
Photo: Archimouda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bab Gharbi or the Western Gate in Arabic is one of the gates of the medina of Sfax. It is located in middle of the western front of the medina fence, next to Cheikh Mansour Hajr Rabat. Bab Gharbi is situated 580 metres south of El Borj.
Great Mosque
Mosque
Photo: IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Great Mosque of Sfax was the most important mosque in the old city of Sfax, Tunisia. It was initially built towards the mid-9th century under the rule of the Aghlabid dynasty. Great Mosque is situated 550 metres southeast of El Borj.
Dar Jellouli Museum
Museum
Photo: Osalhi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dar Jellouli Museum, also known as the Regional Museum of Arts and Folk Traditions, is an art museum located in Tunisia. 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 Sfax. Dar Jellouli Museum is situated 560 metres southeast of El Borj.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sfax and Sakiet Eddaïer.
Sfax
Photo: Dennis Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sfax is on the east coast of Tunisia, approximately midway on the highway between Tunis and the border with Libya.
Sakiet Eddaïer
Town
Sakiet Eddaïer is a town and commune in the Sfax Governorate, Tunisia. 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. Sakiet Eddaïer is situated 6 km north of El Borj.
Sakiet Ezzit
Town
Sakiet Ezzit is a town and commune in the Sfax Governorate, Tunisia. Attached administratively to the governorate of Sfax, it is the center of a delegation counting 72 481 inhabitants in 2006 and is a municipality with 44,886 inhabitants in 2004.2 The city itself has a population of 12 613 inhabitants. Sakiet Ezzit is situated 7 km north of El Borj.
El Borj
- Type: Apartment building
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: La Medina, Sfax Ville, Sfax Governorate, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
34.74006° or 34° 44′ 24″ northLongitude
10.75766° or 10° 45′ 28″ eastLevels
9Open location code
8F6GPQR5+23OpenStreetMap ID
way 1054014413OpenStreetMap feature
building=apartments
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