Qurba
Coordinates: 36 ° 35 ' N , 10 ° 52' E
Qurba ( Arabic قربة, DMG Qurba ; french Korba ; The transcriptions Qurbah, Kurba or Kourba are also in use) is a city in Tunisia with 34,044 inhabitants (2006) (2000: 31,300). The urban area extends over an area of 1500 ha.
Geographical location
Qurba is located on the Gulf of Hammamet , on the east side of Cap Bon , 20 km from the provincial capital Nabeul . The city is located between Cape Mustafa and Ras Mamoura in a hilly and wooded area and is a center of tourism, known above all for its particularly beautiful beaches.
Qurba is also called la ville rouge ("red city") because of the many tomatoes and strawberries that are grown there .
history
Qurba already existed in Punic times. The current name is derived from the Roman name Curubis .
Curubis was in the Roman province of Africa proconsularis , which in addition to what is now Tunisia, also included parts of northern Algeria. The city was founded in 46 BC. Built into a fortress by two generals of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus , Publius Attius Varus and Gaius Considius Longus . Gaius Iulius Caesar raised them to the municipality with the name Colonia Julia Curubis. In 257 AD, Cyprian of Carthage was interned there during the persecution of Christians under Emperor Valerian , and later brought to Carthage , where he was executed. Only a few cisterns and remains of an aqueduct have survived from ancient Curubis .
sons and daughters of the town
- Naceur Khémir writer and filmmaker
- Nebil Khémir composer
- Hédi Khlil MP, former Tunisian Minister of Education
- Nadhir Hamada Environment Minister
- Rachid Yeddes composer
- Dalel Tangour artist
- Sami Chaabane football player
See also
literature
- Charles George Herbermann , Robert C. Broderick a. a .: The Catholic encyclopedia . The Encyclopedia Pess, New York 1908, 1913, 1976. ISBN 0-8407-5096-X .