Oueslatia
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 Tunisia
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| Governorate | Kairouan | ||
| mayor | Camel Gleyi | ||
| Website | www.oueslatia.com | ||
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| population | 8444 pop (2004) | ||
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 50 ' N , 9 ° 35' E | ||
Oueslatia or El Oueslatia ( Arabic الوسلاتية) is a place in the Kairouan Governorate , in the center of Tunisia and the capital of the delegation of the same name . Oueslatia is located west of the city of Kairouan , near the border with the Siliana Governorate , in the center of a plain between the Djebel Ousselat and the Djebel Serj , on the southern flank of the Tunisian dorsal .
Residents
Oueslatia has 8444 inhabitants (2004). 34,452 people (2014) live in the associated delegation. The place is considered an Islamist stronghold . The alleged assassin Anis Amri comes from here . Many young people are leaving the region, which is one of the poorest in Tunisia. The agricultural potential is not being exploited due to the lack of marketing structures and channels.
Attractions
There are several caves at Oueslatia. Some were mined and there are also numerous rock paintings showing hunting scenes with rhinos, ostriches and buffalo. They reflect the region in the Neolithic when it was still more humid.
30 kilometers north of Oueslatia is the ancient site of Ksar Lemsa with the ruins of a Byzantine fortress and a Roman amphitheater.
In the direction of Siliana is the mausoleum of C. Marius Romanus.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Décret du 23 September 2011 portant nomination de délégations spéciales dans certaines communes du territoire tunisien, Journal officiel de la République tunisienne , n ° 74, 30 September 2011, pp. 1991-1992
- ↑ a b Recensement de 2004 (Institut national de la statistique) ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2016 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.
- ^ "Gouvernorat de Kairouan" Portail de l'industrie Tunisienne (French)
- ↑ Population statistics 2004 + 2014
- ↑ FAZ.net: Berlin attack: Who is Anis Amri? , December 21, 2016 , accessed December 23, 2016.
- ↑ GIZ: Promotion of Democracy through Sustainable Resource Use , accessed on 23 December 2016.
- ↑ LookLex: KSAR LEMSA - The finest fortress , accessed December 23, 2016.
