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Page 1 of 4  City in Tunisia
with 340,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate), situated on the Gulf of
Gabes, in from the Mediterranean Sea, in the middle of Tunisia. It is
the capital of Sfax governorate with 860,000 inhabitants (2005
estimate) and an area of 7,545 km².The economic base of Sfax are industries for phosphates, olive oil, sponges, pistachio, nuts, almonds and wool; as well as export and import activities.
Sfax also has a fishing port with fish canneries.
There are oil fields in the hinterland with oil pipelines.
Sfax
has excellent connections to the rest of Tunisia, and a fan of roads
stretch out of town. In addition is there a railway.
The airport has
some international and national connections.
Sfax has one of Tunisia's most lively old cities, where large parts of the economic activities of the country is located. The walls surrounding is the original 9th century structure. The great mosque dates back to the 10th century. HistoryBy the end of the 10th century Sfax had become an independent city state. The city was conquered by Roger of Sicily in 1148 and occupied until it was liberated in 1156 by local forces, and was briefly occupied by European forces again, this time by the Spanish, in the 16th century. Sfax became an integral base of the Barbary piracy, prompting an unsuccessful invasion by Venice in 1785. In the late 19th century Sfax and the rest of Tunisia were conquered by France and incorporated into the French empire. During World War II, the Axis powers used the city as a major base until they were defeated by British forces. After World War II, Tunisia was returned to France only to gain independence in 1956. Mercantile centre of Tunisia
Sfax is the second largest city of Tunisia, housing around 400,000.
Tunisians in general consider people from Sfax as excellent merchants
and as more hardworking than Tunisians in general. And the University
of Sfax is better than the two of Tunis. True or not, I don't know. |
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