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Tunis city overview
Tunis is a city in Tunisia shaped by its region, population, local economy, landmarks, climate and civic history. This overview summarizes the city itself: where it sits, what defines it, which places anchor its identity and why it matters within the wider country.
City facts
Airport baseTunis Carthage (TUN)
Known forTunis, Capital city in Tunisia, Tunis planning base 3, Tunis planning base 4
RegionTunisiaTunisia
Time zoneAfrica/Tunislocal time
Founded146historical origin
City history
According to Strabo, it was destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC during the Third Punic War.
In 1048 the Zirid ruler Al-Muizz ibn Badis rejected his city's obedience to the Fatimids and re-established Sunni rites throughout all of Ifriqiya.
To punish the Zirids, he unleashed the Banu Hilal Arab tribe on Ifriqiya; a large part of the country was set to the torch, the Zirid capital Kairouan was razed in 1057, and only.
This small independent kingdom picked up the threads of trade and commerce with other nations and brought the region back to peace and prosperity. New capital of Tunisia In 1159, the Almohad 'Abd al-Mu'min.
In 1228, Governor Abu Zakariya seized power and, a year later, took the title of Emir and founded the Hafsid dynasty.
The Spanish governor of La Goulette, Luis Pérez de Vargas, fortified the island of Chikly in the lake of Tunis to strengthen the city's defenses between 1546 and 1550.
The existence of settlements in and around the area of Tunis is attested by sources dating from the 4th century BC.
From the beginning of the 8th century, Tunis was the administrative center of the area: it became the Umayyad, and later the Abbasids' naval base in the western Mediterranean Sea, and took on considerable.
Both the town and Carthage were destroyed; the former, however, was rebuilt first under the rule of Augustus and became an important town under Roman control and the center of a booming agricultural industry.
Early on, Tunis played a military role; the Umayyads recognized the strategic importance of its proximity to the Strait of Sicily, with a dockyard built upon the founding of the city by order of.
Under the Aghlabids, the city gained significance and benefited from economic improvements and became one of the most important in the caliphate, and was briefly the national capital from the end of the reign.
The governor appointed by Béjaïa, having reestablished order in the country, did not hesitate to free himself from the Hammadids to found the Khurasanid dynasty with Tunis as its capital.
The city became the capital of a Hafsid kingdom stretching towards Tripoli and Fez.
At the same time, driven by the reconquest of Spain, the first Andalusian Muslims and Jews arrived in Tunis and would become of importance to the economic prosperity of the Hafsid capital and the.
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Tunis
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Capital city in Tunisia
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Tunis planning base 3
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Tunis planning base 4
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Tunis planning base 5
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Stay overview
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Hotels & areas
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Tunis Carthage (TUN) arrival plan
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Best time to visit
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Transport notes
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Crowds
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