Ettadhamen-Mnihla

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Ettadhamen-Mnihla
التضامن
administration
Country TunisiaTunisia Tunisia
Governorate Ariana
Délégation (s) Ettadhamen
El Mnihla
Post Code 2041
Website www.commune-ettadhamen-mnihla.gov.tn
Demographics
population 132,063 pop (2009)
Population density 5401 inhabitants / km²
geography
surface 24.45 km²
Ettadhamen-Mnihla (Tunisia)
Ettadhamen-Mnihla
Ettadhamen-Mnihla
Coordinates 36 ° 50 ′  N , 10 ° 7 ′  E Coordinates: 36 ° 50 ′  N , 10 ° 7 ′  E

Ettadhamen-Mnihla or Ettadhamen is a city in the northwest of the Tunisian capital Tunis . It is one of the largest neighborhoods in the suburb of Tunis and had around 132,000 inhabitants in 2009. The urban area covers an area of ​​24.5 km² and extends over the Ettadhamen delegation of the same name and large parts of the El Mnihla delegation .

In the course of the revolution in Tunisia in 2010/2011 , there were clashes between demonstrators and security forces in Ettadhamen, which also resulted in deaths. The riots in January 2011 also resulted in looting .

Web links

  • Reiner Wandler: Ettadhamen is burning. In: the daily newspaper. January 14, 2011, accessed on January 4, 2012 (report of looting in Ettadhamen, a suburb of Tunis).

Individual evidence

  1. a b Website of the Municipalité Ettadhamen: Ettadhamen-Mnihla en chiffre - the city in numbers
  2. Military marches in Tunis ( Memento from January 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. After the riots, the cemetery is quiet in Tunis. In: Welt Online . January 13, 2011, accessed January 4, 2012 .
  4. Ettadhamen is on fire. In: TAZ . January 13, 2011, accessed January 4, 2012 .
  5. "We have to try freedom". In: The Standard . January 13, 2011, accessed January 4, 2012 .