Sahel, Tunisia

Sahel is an area of Tunisia. It forms the central part of the eastern shore, from the south of Hammamet to Mahdia. Its main town is Sousse, called "the Pearl of the Sahel".

Celebrities

Politics

• Habib Bourguiba;
• Zine El Abidine Ben Ali;
• Kamel Morjane;
• Hedi M'henni;
• Ahmed Ben Salah;
• Bahi Ladgham;
• Hedi Nouira;
• Mohammed Mzali;
• Béchir Sfar;
• Tahar Sfar;
• Rachid Sfar;
• Hedi Baccouche;
• Hamed Karoui;
• Mohamed Ghannouchi;
• Mohamed Jegham;
• Habib Ammar;
• Mohamed Masmoudi;
• Idriss Guiga;
• Tayeb Hadhri;
• Abdelwahab Abdallah;
• Samira Khayach Belhaj;
• Abdelaziz Ben Dhia;
• Sadok Korbi;
• Bechir Tekkari;

Sciences and letters

• Yahia Ibn Omar;
• Abu Issak El Khounaysi;
• Hassan Hosni Abdelwahab;
• Tahar Guigua;
• Slaiem Ammar;
• M'hamed Hassine Fantar;
• Moncef Ghachem;
• Mansour M'henni
• Youssef Rzouga;

Arts

• Chedly Anouar;
• Soufia Sadok;
• Nawal Ghachem;
• Kerim Chouaïb;
• Mokhtar Laâjimi;

Sports

• Mohamed Habib Galhia;
• Habib Mougou;
• Abdelmajid Chetali;
• Othman Jenayah;
• Lotfi Hsoumi;
• Zoubaier Baya;
• Oussama hamed;

Main towns

• Sousse;
• Monastir;
• Mahdia;
• Akouda;
• Msaken;
• Hammam Sousse;
• Sidi Bou Ali;
• Hergla;
• Kalaâ Kebira;
• Kalaâ Seghira;
• Enfidha;
• Kondar;
• Sidi El Hani;
• Takrouna;
• Moknine;
• Jemmal;
• Ksar Helal;
• Teboulba;
• Ouardanine;
• Sahline;
• Ksibet El Mediouni;
• Sayada;
• Lamta;
• Bouhjar;
• Bennane;
• Beni Hassen;
• Khniss;
• Bembla;
• Zeramdine;
• Bekalta;
• Boumerdes;
• El Jem;
• Ksour Essaf;
• Sidi Alouane;
• Salakta;
• Chebba;
• Chorbane;
• Souassi;
• Ouled Chamekh;
• Hebira;
• Malloulech;
• Rejich;

Sports

The football team of Etoile Sportive du Sahel, from Sousse, is famous in Africa for having won many continental cups.