Makthar

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Maktar
administration
Country TunisiaTunisia Tunisia
Governorate Siliana
Post Code 6140
Website www.commune-makthar.gov.tn
Demographics
population 12,942 pop (2004)
geography
height 900  m
Maktar (Tunisia)
Maktar
Maktar
Coordinates 35 ° 31 '  N , 9 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 35 ° 31 '  N , 9 ° 7'  E

Maktar (also Makthar, Arabic مكتر) is a small town and market town in the northern Tunisian mountainous region, on the edge of which lies the ancient city of Mactaris , from which its name is derived.

geography

The place is a good 70 km southeast of El Kef on the edge of a 900 m high plateau , which is drained by the Oued Saboun, a tributary of the Medjerda .

Individual evidence

  1. Institut National de la Statistique - Tunisie: Results of the 2004 census ( 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. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ins.nat.tn