Bordj el Khadra
Coordinates: 30 ° 15 ′ 1 " N , 9 ° 33 ′ 17" E
Borj el-Khadra ( Arabic برج الخضراء, DMG Burǧ al-ḫaḍrāʾ ), formerly called Fort Saint, is the southernmost town in Tunisia and was founded in 1920. It is located in the Tataouine Governorate on the common border between Tunisia, Algeria and Libya .
It is 396 kilometers from Tataouine , the nearest town, and 927 kilometers from Tunis . From Cape Blanc , the northern tip of Tunisia, it is at the other end of the country's north-south axis, which measures 1200 kilometers.
During the Second World War, two hundred Italian soldiers from Libya had penetrated this fort and occupied it despite the resistance of a small number of Tunisian and French defenders. Just four months later, the French Free Forces, led by General Leclerc, took over the position. During the Bizerte Crisis of 1961, Borj el Khadhra witnessed a bitter battle in which two hundred Tunisian soldiers were killed in a bomb attack on the French air force.
In 2014, the mobile network with the 2G and 3G standards was inaugurated. In February 2016, a military incident occurred in Bordj el-Khadra in which an Algerian and 2 Moroccans were injured by the Tunisian army.
Web links
http://www.webdo.tn/2015/07/12/aux-confins-de-la-tunisie-borj-el-khadhra-le-mythique-fort-saint/
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tunisie - Tawfik Jelassi inaugure la 2G et la 3G à Borj El Khadra (audio). In: Business News. May 20, 2015, accessed April 29, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Un Algérien et trois Marocains blessés par l'armée tunisienne. February 21, 2016, accessed April 29, 2019 (French).