Zarzis

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Zarzis
administration
Country TunisiaTunisia Tunisia
Demographics
population 70,895 pop (2004)
geography
Zarzis (Tunisia)
Zarzis
Zarzis
Coordinates 33 ° 30 '  N , 11 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 33 ° 30 '  N , 11 ° 7'  E

Zarzis ( Arabic جرجيس, DMG Ǧarǧīs ) is a coastal city with a duty-free port in southeast Tunisia , on the Mediterranean . The population is around 70,895 (as of 2004), of which 24,900 lived in the Medina, the old town. The second largest quarter at that time was Mouansa with 16,672 inhabitants, followed by the four other city quarters.

In addition to olive and date palm cultures, the export of fish and salt is important, as has tourism since 1973.

Mosque in Zarzis

history

The history of Gergis goes back at least to Phoenician times. The city was ruled by Carthage from 146 BC. From Rome . The city, located on an almost island, lived from fishing and olive cultivation, which played an important role in supplying Rome with cooking oil and lighting. Its proximity to the commercial center of Djerba and the port on the Mediterranean Sea gave the city an intermediary role between the Mediterranean trading centers and those in the Sahara . In addition, the city operated as a salt exporter from the Sebkha El Melah.

With the Arab conquest in 647, Islamization began after the region had been Christianized around 300. Nevertheless, there were not only trade contacts with the Muslim hinterland, but also with the cities of Europe.

A French-Genoese salt trading company existed from 1714 to 1724.

Synagogues were attacked in Tunisia during the Six Day War, and one of them was set on fire in Tunis. Other synagogues were also attacked later, including the one in Zarzis in 1983.

Tourists came to the Zarzis-Djerba region from abroad from 1973 after a decree established a tourist zone in the region. When the influx of visitors with their high water consumption caused water shortages in the region from the 1990s, considerations arose to use underground, previously untouched water, but in view of the costs and the unforeseeable ecological consequences, the decision was made to desalination of the sea. After Sfax and Mahdia , Zarzis is the largest fish export port in the south. The tourist zone begins about three kilometers north of Zarzis.

Sports

The ES Zarzis football club plays in Ligue 1, the highest national league.

market

There is a market in Zarzis on Monday and Friday. It takes place on Wednesdays in the El Mouensa district and on Saturdays in the suburb of Souihel.

Buildings

  • 320 meter high transmission mast for VHF and TV, the tallest building in Tunisia.

Personalities

gallery

  • Place in Zarzis

  • Street in Zarzis

  • Shop in Zarzis

  • Market place in Zarzis

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Institut national de la statistique of Tunis ( Memento of the original of 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ins.nat.tn
  2. ↑ Sadok Boubaker: Les relations économiques entre Gènes et la Régence de Tunis au début du XVIIIe siècle: la compagnie du sel Gergis, 1714-1724 , in: Raffaele Belvederi (ed.): Rapporti Genova-Mediterranea-Atlantica nell'età moderna , Genoa 1990, pp. 123-139.
  3. ↑ Edith Haddad Shaked: On the State of Being (Jewish) between “Orient” and “Occident” , in: Jewish Locations: Traversing Racialized Landscapes, ed. By Lisa Tessman, Bat-Ami Bar On, Rowman & Littlefield, 2001, p 185–199, here: p. 186.
  4. ↑ Mounir Jarraya: Le tourisme tunisien: entre qualité de service et exigences environnementales , University of Monastir 2010, p. 20.
  5. ↑ Jean Monot: Les pêches méditerranéennes: Voyage dans les traditions , Versailles 2011 S. 184th
  6. ↑ https://www.oaca.nat.tn/fileadmin/docs/DCCRSIA.Doc/AIP/En_route/ENR_5_4.PDF