Lake of Megrine
Lake of Megrine is a lake in Megrine Chaker, Ben Arous Governorate. Lake of Megrine is situated nearby to the neighborhood حي شاكر, as well as near the suburb مقرين الرياض.Places of Interest
Highlights include Chikly and Fort Santiago Chikly.
Chikly
Island
Chikly is a small island located in the northern part of Lake of Tunis which houses Fort Santiago Chikly, a former Roman citadel which was reconstructed by the Spanish Governor of Golettaalso its connected to the kram through a path made of rocks, Luis Pérez de Vargas, between 1546 and 1550.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tunis and La Goulette.
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.
La Goulette
Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0.
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.
Radès
Town
Photo: Youssefbensaad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Radès is a harbour city in Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia. Situated 9 km south-east of the capital Tunis, some consider it a Tunis suburb, and parts of the harbor installations of Tunis are located in Radès.
Lake of Megrine
- Type: Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Megrine Chaker, Megrine, Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
36.7933° or 36° 47′ 36″ northLongitude
10.2392° or 10° 14′ 21″ eastOpen location code
8F8GQ6VQ+8MOpenStreetMap ID
way 93265507OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Lake of Megrine” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة مقرين”
- French: “Lac de Mégrine”
- German: “See von Megrin”
- Spanish: “Lago de Megrin”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as حي شاكر and Mégrine.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include ملعب رياضي and مركز شرطة.
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