Sidi El Hani
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Sidi El Hani
(سيدي الهاني) Vicus Augusti | |
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Commune and town | |
| Country |  Tunisia |
| Governorate | Sousse Governorate |
| Delegation(s) | Sidi El Hani |
| Government | |
| •Mayor | Mohamed Jliti(Nidaa Tounes) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 2,651 |
| Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
| Postal code | 4025 |
Sidi El Hani(orSidi Al-Hani) (سيدي الهاني) is a town andcommunein theSousse Governorate,Tunisialocated at 35.67n,10.30e.As of 2004 it had a population of 3,058. It gives its name to the largest lake of the governorate, a natural salt lake or salt pan (sabkha) in dry seasons, theSebkhet de Sidi El Haniwhich is shared with between one and two other areas depending on precipitation and its maximum extent forms the official boundary with part of a third,Monastir Governorate.The town is 30 km south-west of the coast, its straightest connection being byTunisian Railways,with a secondary connection by road, the P12 road which is a principal road toKairouanfrom the A1 a few kilometres to the east.[1]it is 19 km fromKairouan[2]and 26 km fromRaqqada.
History
[edit]During theRoman EmpireSidi El Hani was aRoman townof theProvinceofAfrica Proconsularae.[3][4]The remains a largeamphitheaterare still seen.[5][6]The town was known asQuartz August[7](Street of Augustus) orvicusAugustii(the Village of Augustus) and was active from 30 BC to AD 640.[8]
InLate AntiquitySidi El Hani was theseatof aChristianBishopric,and remains atitular bishopricof theRoman Catholic Church.[9][10][11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^(in French)Recensement de 2004 (Institut national de la statistique)Archived2015-09-24 at theWayback Machine
- ^Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville, Compendium of Ancient Geography, Volume 2 (R. Faulder, 1791) p834.
- ^Vicus Augustiat Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^Hitchner, R.,Places: 315259 (Vicus Augusti?).
- ^Frank Sear, Roman Theatres: An Architectural Study(OUPOxford,2006) p290.
- ^VICUS AUGUSTI, Sidi el-Hani (Africa Proconsularis).
- ^Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 33 F1.
- ^Quartz August Tunisia (Africa).
- ^Apostolische Nachfolge – Titularsitze.
- ^entryatgcatholic.org.
- ^entryatcatholic-hierarchy.org
35°40′N10°19′E/ 35.667°N 10.317°E
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