El Guettar
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| El Guettar | |
  El Guettar
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| Country |  Tunisia |
| Governorate | Gafsa Governorate |
| Time zone | CET (UTC1) |
El Guettar (Arabic: القطار) is a town in central Tunisia in Gafsa Governorate. It is traditionally known for its pistachio nuts. The town is located at around Coordinates: .
It was the site of a major World War II battle between American forces under George S. Patton, and the German Afrika Korps of Erwin Rommel in early 1943.
In the Fifties, archaeologists found a crown of balls, 4000 silex, mammal's teeth and bones of animals laid out near a dried up watering is old 40 000 years. Testimony of devotion with regard to a spirit of the waters, source of any life, it constitutes the oldest religious "building" known in the world (Hermaïon of El Guettar)[citation needed]
