Sahline

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Coordinates: 35 ° 45 '  N , 10 ° 43'  E

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Sahline ( Arabic الساحلين, DMG as-Sāḥilīn ) is a city in the Tunisian Sahel .

The city's name comes from Arabic, meaning "two coasts" and refers to its location on two bays.

The city belongs to the Governorate of Monastir and had 21,799 inhabitants in 2006. In 2004 the city of Moôtmar was incorporated. Sahline is now called Sahline Moôtmar . The city is two kilometers from the sea and lives from tourism.

It is connected to the cities of Sousse in the north-west and Monastir in the south-east via the narrow-gauge Métro du Sahel .

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Mosque in Sahline