Medenine

Medenine
Medenine
Ghorfa complex in Medenine
Medenine is located in Tunisia
Medenine
Location in Tunisia
Coordinates: 33°21′17″N 010°30′19″E / 33.35472°N 10.50528°E / 33.35472; 10.50528Coordinates: 33°21′17″N 010°30′19″E / 33.35472°N 10.50528°E / 33.35472; 10.50528
Country Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
Governorate Medenine
Population (2004)
 - Total 61,705
Time zone CET (UTC1)

Medenine (Arabic: مدنين‎ Madanīyīn) is the major town in southeastern Tunisia, 77 kilometres (48 mi) south of the port of Gabès and the Island of Djerba, on the main route to Libya. It is the capital of Medenine Governorate.

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In pre-colonial, times Medenine was already the most important trading centre in the south, attracting merchants from all over North Africa and even from Bornu, to the south of the Sahara. The Ksar housed the central granaries of the various nomadic Berber tribes of the region.

The area was the scene of an unsuccessful German counter-attack by General Erwin Rommel as part of Operation Capri during March 1943 against British Eighth Army forces. The Battle of Medenine was Rommel's last engagement in Africa before he was replaced by General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim as commander of the Afrika Korps.

In popular culture

See also

References

  1. ^ Movie-Locations.com: The Phantom Menace

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  • Médenine — DMS …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Medenine — Médenine Médenine Administration Pays   …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Médénine —   [mede nin], Medenine, Oasenstadt in der Djeffara Ebene, SO Tunesien, 101 m über dem Meeresspiegel, 26 600 Einwohner; Verwaltungssitz des Gouvernorats Médénine und Handelszentrum; Kunsthandwerk (Teppiche, Stoffbahnen für Nomadenzelte); Flugplatz …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Médenine — v. du S. E. de la Tunisie; 27 000 hab.; ch. l. du gouvernorat du m. nom (8 588 km²; 333 000 hab.). Oasis. Centre comm. et agricole. Habitations troglodytes …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Médenine — 33° 20′ 42″ N 10° 29′ 24″ E / 33.345, 10.49 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Medenine — 33.34527777777810.493333333333 Koordinaten: 33° 21′ N, 10° 30′ O …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Medenine — El término Medenine puede hacer referencia a: La gobernatura de Medenine, en Túnez. La ciudad de Medenine, capital de la gobernatura anterior. Esta página de desambiguación cataloga artículos relacionados con el mismo título. Si llegaste aquí a… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Medenine — ▪ Tunisia also spelled  Médenine  or  Madanīn        town located in southern Tunisia. Medenine lies in the semiarid plain of Al Jifārah (Jifārah, al ) (Jeffara). It was the capital of the Ouerghemma League of three Amazigh ( Berber) groups and… …   Universalium

  • Médenine — Vista de Medenine. Medenine (árabe: مدنين) es la mayor ciudad del sudeste de Túnez y capital de la gobernación del mismo nombre. Las coordenadas de su localización son …   Wikipedia Español

  • Medenine — Original name in latin Medenine Name in other language Madanin, Madann, Medenine, Mdenine, mdnyn State code TN Continent/City Africa/Tunis longitude 33.35495 latitude 10.50548 altitude 90 Population 61705 Date 2013 08 06 …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

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