Medenine

Medenine

Ghorfa complex in Medenine
Medenine

Location in Tunisia

Coordinates: 33°21′17″N 010°30′19″E / 33.35472°N 10.50528°E / 33.35472; 10.50528Coordinates: 33°21′17″N 010°30′19″E / 33.35472°N 10.50528°E / 33.35472; 10.50528
Country Tunisia
Governorate Medenine
Population (2014)
 • City 71,695
 • Metro 109,409
Time zone CET (UTC1)

Medenine (Tunisian Arabic: مدنين‎  Mednin ) is the major town in south-eastern Tunisia, 77 kilometres (48 mi) south of the port of Gabès and the Island of Djerba, on the main route to Libya. It is the capital of Medenine Governorate.

Overview

Panorama of Medenine
Market in Medenine

In pre-colonial times, Medenine was already the most important trading centre in the south, attracting merchants from all over North Africa and even from Bornu, to the south of the Sahara. The Ksar housed the central granaries of the various nomadic Berber tribes of the region.

The area was the scene of an unsuccessful German counter-attack by General Erwin Rommel as part of Operation Capri during March 1943 against British Eighth Army forces. The Battle of Medenine was Rommel's last engagement in Africa before he was replaced by General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim as commander of the Afrika Korps.

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Movie-Locations.com: The Phantom Menace
  2. ↑ The Star Wars Traveler by Gus Lopez and Pamela Gren.
  3. ↑ Loms Galactic Tours by Loms.
  4. ↑ Stars of the Desert - A journey across the dunes of Tunisia to discover lost "Tatooine" by Brady Walters.

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