Remada
| Remada |
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| Country |
 Tunisia
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| Governorate | Tataouine | ||
| Délégation (s) | Tataouine Sud | ||
| Post Code | 3240 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| population | 4606 pop (2004) | ||
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| height | 295 m | ||
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| Coordinates | 32 ° 19 ′ N , 10 ° 24 ′ E | ||
Remada ( Arabic رمادة, DMG Ramāda ) is a place with about 4,500 and a delegation with about 10,000 inhabitants in southeastern Tunisia . Remada is the southernmost city in the country; Official approval is required to continue to the restricted area to the south.
location
Remada is located in a date palm oasis at an altitude of approx. 300 m above sea level. d. M. approx. 615 km south of the capital Tunis and around 80 km south of the governorate capital Tataouine .
economy
Traditionally, the residents lived as farmers and semi-nomadic cattle breeders ( transhumants ). The caravan trade has also contributed to the survival of the city. Today a garrison of the Tunisian army with a military airfield plays the most important role in economic life.
history
In the late first or early second century AD, the Romans built the Tillibari castle here . It was responsible for security and monitoring tasks on the Limes Tripolitanus in the province of Africa proconsularis . Even in late antiquity, around 400 AD, Tillibari existed as an important auxiliary troop base.
From 1881 the French established a protectorate in Tunisia . Under their rule, the exploration of the Roman Limes in Tripolitania began and in 1914 the castle was partially explored. With the beginning of the First World War , this work had to be stopped. By 1918, the French army had set up a garrison on the fort grounds, completely destroying the two to three meters high ancient building remains. This is where the French brought their deposed Prime Minister Mohammed Chenik in 1952 . Two years after Tunisia's independence, in June 1958, heavy fighting broke out here, with numerous dead, when the French conquered and occupied the garrison for a few days until the beginning of July. The Tunisian army then took over the area.
In the 1970s and 1980s, the entire Remada region was included in the main line of defense against possible incursions from Libya . Relations between Tunisia and the neighboring country were strained due to some border incidents, among other things.
Web links
- Remada - Photos and information (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2004 population statistics ( 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.
- ^ David J. Mattingly: Tripolitania. Batsford, London 1995, ISBN 0-203-48101-1 , p. 146.
