| La Goulette حلق الوادي La Goletta (Italian) La Goleta (Spanish) |
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La Goulette
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| Country | Tunisia |
| Governorate | Tunis Governorate |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 28,407 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC1) |
La Goulette (Arabic: حلق الوادي - Ḥalq al-Wādī, Italian: La Goletta) is the port of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. The Kasbah fortress was built in 1535 by Charles I of Spain but was captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1574. La Goulette is located at around .
The name derives from the "gullet", a channel where the city is located, not from the ship type schooner, called goélette, goleta or goletta in French, Spanish and Italian.
La Goulette is linked to Tunis by the TGM railway.