Houmt Souk
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 Tunisia
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| Governorate | Medenine | ||
| mayor | Hichem Bessi | ||
| Website | www.commune-houmtsouk.gov.tn | ||
| Demographics | |||
| population | 64,892 pop (2004) | ||
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| Coordinates | 33 ° 53 ' N , 10 ° 51' E | ||
Houmt Souk ( Arabic حومة السوق, DMG Ḥaumat as-Sūq 'market district') is a city in southeastern Tunisia and the capital of the island of Djerba . With around 65,000 inhabitants, it is one of the largest cities in the region.
The place has a long trading tradition, as evidenced by several old caravanserais . The Romans already owned a settlement here, the name of which was passed down as Gerra . During the late antiquity the place was called Girba . This then new name carried over to the island known up to then under the name Meninx . Until the Islamic expansion, there was a Roman Catholic diocese on Girba .
Today Houmt Souk is mainly determined by tourism . In the city there are many tourist shops, the administration of the island, a small fishing port, the Bordj-el-Kebir fortress and the folklore museum.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Institut National de la Statistique - Tunisie: Census 2004 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . ( french )
Web links
- djerba-reiseinfo.de: Description of sights.