Medenine

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Medenine is a town in southeastern Tunisia known for its traditional ksour (fortified granaries) and its role as a strategic site during World War II.

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Medenine canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
commune ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Tunisia ⓘ
battleDate 1943 ⓘ
capitalOf Medenine Governorate ⓘ
climate hot semi-arid climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 33.354 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 10.505 ⓘ
country Tunisia ⓘ
economyActivity agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
trade ⓘ
elevation about 90 meters above sea level ⓘ
governorateCapitalSince 1956 ⓘ
hasHeritage ksour ⓘ
hasPostalCode 4100 ⓘ
hasRoad RN1 highway ⓘ
RN19 highway ⓘ
historicalEvent World War II North African campaign ⓘ
historicalRegion Tripolitania frontier zone ⓘ
linked to: Tripolitania
involvedMilitaryForces British Eighth Army ⓘ
German Afrika Korps ⓘ
Italian forces ⓘ
knownFor Berber architecture ⓘ
fortified granaries ⓘ
traditional ksour ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
localLanguage Tunisian Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
locatedIn southeastern Tunisia ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Medenine Governorate ⓘ
locatedInRegion Maghreb ⓘ
linked to: North Africa
nearbyCity Gabès ⓘ
nearbyIsland Djerba ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
populationEstimate over 60,000 inhabitants ⓘ
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
roadConnection connected to Djerba by road ⓘ
siteOfBattle Battle of Medenine ⓘ
storageFunction grain storage ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
tourismAttraction old medina ⓘ
traditional ksour ⓘ
traditionalArchitecture multi-storey ghorfas ⓘ
transportInfrastructure road junction between coastal and inland routes ⓘ
usedBy semi-nomadic tribes ⓘ
utcOffset +1 ⓘ
wasStrategicLocationIn World War II ⓘ

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