Menzel Bouzaiane

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Manzel Bouzaiane
administration
Country TunisiaTunisia Tunisia
Governorate Sidi Bouzid
Délégation (s) Menzel Bouzaiane
Post Code 9114
Demographics
population 5595 pop (2004)
geography
Manzel Bouzaiane (Tunisia)
Manzel Bouzaiane
Manzel Bouzaiane
Coordinates 34 ° 34 ′  N , 9 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 34 ° 34 ′  N , 9 ° 26 ′  E

Menzel Bouzaiane or Menzel Bouzaïenne ( Arabic منزل بوزيان) is a place in the center of Tunisia with around 6,000 inhabitants. It is located about 250 kilometers south of the capital Tunis and 60 kilometers south of the governorate capital Sidi Bouzid on Route Nationale 14, which leads from Meknessi to Gafsa .

During the 2010/2011 revolution in Tunisia , it was the starting point for the "Caravan of Liberation" demonstration on January 22, 2011 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b Institut National de la Statistique - Tunisie: Census 2004 ( Memento of the original from January 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ins.nat.tn
  2. Caravan ends with violence. In: TAZ . January 24, 2011, accessed on January 6, 2012 (however, Sidi Bouzid is named as the starting point of the caravan.).