Sfax
Sfax صفاقس | |
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A Sfax street (Rue Hédi Chaker) | |
Coordinates:34°44′N10°46′E/ 34.733°N 10.767°ECoordinates:34°44′N10°46′E/ 34.733°N 10.767°E | |
Kintra | Tunisie |
Govrenorates | Sfax Govrenorate |
Govrenment | |
•Mayor | Moncef Abdelhedi |
Population (2004) | |
• Total | 265,131 |
Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 |
Sfax(Arabic:صفاقس,Safaqis,or[sfaːqs]inTunisian Arabic,whence the French name) is the seicont lairgest ceety inTunisie,locatit 270 km (168 mile) sootheast oTunis.The ceety, foondit in AD 849 on the ruins oTaparuraanThaenae,is the caipital o theSfax Govrenorate,an aMediterraneanport on theGulf o Gabès.Sfax haes population o 340,000 (2005), an is an industrial centre for processinphosphates.The ceety wis aften descrived as Tunisie'sSeicont ceety,acause aeTunishaes mair indwallers. Nouadays, Sfax lost this poseetion for ither Tunisan ceeties which hauld mair developed touristic an industrial activities.
History
[eedit|eedit soorce]Bi the end o the 10t century Sfax haed acome an independentceety-state.The ceety wis conquered biRoger II ofSicilyin 1148 an occupied till it wis leeberatit in 1156 bi local forces, an wis briefly occupied bi European forces again, this time bi theSpainyie,in the 16t century. Sfax became an integral base o theBarbary piracy,promptin an unsuccessful invasion biVenicein 1785. In the late 19t century Sfax an the rest o Tunisie wur conquered biFrauncean incorporatit intae the French empire. DurinWarld War II,theAxis pouersuised the ceety as a major base till thay wur defeatit biBreetishforces. Efter Warld War II, Tunisie wis returned tae Fraunce anerlie tae gain unthirldom in 1956.
Transport
[eedit|eedit soorce]Sfax is served bi a nairae gauge railwey seestem oSNCFTthat delivers phosphates an iron ore for export. Sfax is an aa served biSfax – Thyna Internaitional Airportwi regularly scheduled flichts tae Paris CDG an Tripoli, an chairter flichts tae Jeddah for the pilgrimage tae Mecca.
TheA1 motorwayconnects Sfax wi Tunis.
Communications
[eedit|eedit soorce]Foondit in 1961,Radio Sfaxbroadcasts twinty oors a day[1]on MW 720 kHz/105.21 MHz.[2]
Education
[eedit|eedit soorce]TheVarsity o Sfaxincludes:
- ENIS (École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax) issued a nummer o weel kent scientists an industrials.[1]
- ESCS (École Supérieure de Commerce de Sfax) issued a nummer o Managers, Economy an Management Researchers an Youth Entrepreneurs.[2]
- FLSHS (Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines de Sfax) issued a nummer o renouned poets an prose writers.(http://www.flshs.rnu.tn)
- Sfax Faculty o Medicine (Faculté de Médecine de Sfax).[3]Archived2007-04-05 at theWayback Machine
Internaitional relations
[eedit|eedit soorce]Twin touns — Sister ceeties
[eedit|eedit soorce]Sfax istwinnedwi:
References
[eedit|eedit soorce]- ↑Jeter, James Phillip (1996).International Afro mass media: a reference guide.Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 130.ISBN0313284008.Retrieved1 Januar2011.Unknown parameter
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suggested) (help) - ↑Radio Tunis (2010)."Radio Sfax, official site".Radiodiffusion Television Tunisienne. Archived fraethe originalon 21 August 2010.Retrieved1 Januar2011.
- ↑Jérôme Steffenino, Marguerite Masson."Ville de Grenoble –Coopérations et villes jumelles".Grenoble.fr.Retrieved16 Mey2013.
- ↑"Universitätsstadt Marburg Partnerstädte".marburg.de.Retrieved20 Mairch2011.
See an aa
[eedit|eedit soorce]- SfaxOnline - Portail de la ville de SfaxArchived2008-07-07 at theWayback Machine
- Transport in Tunisie
- Sufax
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