Soliman (Tunisia)
| Soliman سليمان |
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 Tunisia
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| Governorate | Nabeul | ||
| Délégation (s) | Soliman | ||
| Post Code | 8020 | ||
| Website | Soliman | ||
| Demographics | |||
| population | 29,060 pop (2004) | ||
| Population density | 577 inhabitants / km² | ||
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| height | 28 m | ||
| surface | 50.4 km² | ||
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 42 ′ N , 10 ° 30 ′ E | ||
Soliman or Slimane ( Arabic سليمان) is a small Tunisian town in the southwest of Cap Bon . The city with around 30,000 inhabitants belongs to the Nabeul Governorate and is the capital of the Soliman delegation of the same name .
geography
location
Soliman is about 35 km (driving distance) southeast of the capital Tunis at an altitude of about 28 m above sea level. d. M .; the cities of Grombalia and Nabeul are about 13 and 42 km south and southeast, respectively. 5 km northwest of the center of the city is a sandy beach with holiday facilities ( Soliman Plage ) on the Gulf of Tunis . The area around the village is fertile plain. On the western edge of the village, a small river runs in a northerly direction. To the north of the city is a lake with a drain to the sea. The area around Soliman is used for agriculture. Orange and olive plantations shape the landscape of Solimans.
climate
The mean annual temperature is 18 ° C and the annual rainfall reaches an average of 79 rainy days between 500 and 600 mm. The climate is temperate due to the proximity of the Mediterranean Sea .
history
Soliman gained its importance at the beginning of the 17th century through the settlement with a colony of Muslim ( Moriscos , forced Catholic descendants of the Moors) and Jewish refugees from Andalusia , who gave the city of Soliman its urban character (mosques, schools, markets, cafes, small town center). The style, which was influenced by Andalusia according to its origins, is recognizable in the construction and architecture of the city. Town houses, cobbled streets, arcades and mosque buildings can be traced back to these Andalusian cultural influences. The by Philip III. The expulsion and deportation of these people, which had been forced in Spain since 1609, led to increased settlements in northern Tunisia; so also in the area of the Cap Bon peninsula. Due to their large number, they shaped a new cultural landscape. In this way, new crops also spread here; including agaves and opuntia as well as other types of vegetables such as peppers , tomatoes , pumpkins , corn and beans , which the Spanish and Portuguese had recently imported from America to Europe.
From December 2006 to January 2007 there were violent acts by terrorists across the country, which culminated on January 3, 2007 in Soliman in a shooting between a Tunisian army unit and police officers on the one hand and a group of terrorists who, by their own admission, were Hanafi - Salafist embossed Armée d' Assad Ibn Fourat belonged, which in turn a few weeks later the organization al-Qaeda in the Maghreb joined. According to official information, twelve terrorists and two members of the police and army were killed in the hour-long exchange of fire; some other people were injured. In a trial that followed a month later, arrested members of the group were sentenced to 29 death sentences, but these were not carried out; After the overthrow of Tunisian President Ben Ali in 2011, all those convicted were given amnesty.
Attractions
In the historical center there are two mosques , the Malekite Great Mosque with a minaret on a square floor plan and the Hanefite Hanafia mosque from the Ottoman period with an octagonal minaret at the base.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Institut National de la Statistique - Tunisie: Census 2004 ( 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. . ( french )
- ↑ Website of the municipality ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2009 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. (accessed on December 21, 2009)
- ↑ Horst Mensching: Tunisia (Scientific Country Customers, Volume 1.), Darmstadt (Scientific Book Society) 1974, p. 57
