Manouba

Manouba
Manouba Military Museum
Manouba Location in Tunisia
Coordinates:36°48′28″N10°6′4″E
Country	Tunisia
Governorate	Manouba Governorate
Delegation(s)	Manouba
Government
•Mayor	Slim Ben Amara(Independent)
Population (2022)
• Total	36,194
Time zone	UTC1(CET)

Manouba(Arabic:منوبة) is a city in north-easternTunisia,and is part the metropolitan area ofTunis,also called "Grand Tunis".It is located at the west of Tunis city center at around36°48′28″N10°6′4″E.It is the capital city ofManouba Governorate.

Manouba is well known for its university. It is also often viewed as a desirable place for family life because of its security, availability of various services and its high level of education.

History

Historically, Manouba is noted as the birthplace of thesufisaintSayyida ʿĀʾisha al-Mannūbiyya(1199–1267 CE), and until 2012 the city contained a shrine to her, supposedly her father's house. It was customary in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, for the Beys of Tunis to make a ritual circuit of city's the great shrines on the 27th day of Ramaḍān (laylat al-Qadr) and visit this shrine. More recently, 'up until theTunisian revolutionof January 2011, once a week, on Sundays or Mondays, rituals were held... During the day, the shrines were women's space, devoted to music and trance rituals. At night, they became men's space, dedicated to Ṣūfī ceremonies (dhikr...)'. However, on 6 October 2012, the shrine was burned down by religious extremists, thought to be youngSalafis;ʿĀʾisha'scatafalquewas entirely destroyed.

TheInstitute of Arabic Literatureof theWhite Fathers,which would later become thePontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies,had a study center in Manouba before it was moved to Rome in 1964.

Gallery

Manouba

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  Manouba Palais la rose 6.
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  ISCAE Université Manouba Tunis.
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  Early C20 picture of Mannouba railway station.
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  Entrance to the Musée de mannouba.