[82] Among other projects are a line to the city of Ennasr (8.4 km) and the extension of the Tunis-Ettadhamen to Mnihla (1.7 km). The Gorjani garden, is an English garden located southwest of the city, which notably takes an irregular form, partly due to the steep topography of the land.[67]. [85] In this context, major road infrastructure (bridges, interchanges, roads, etc..) was initiated in the late 1990s to decongest the main areas of the capital. Students can pursue language studies at small private schools such as Sidi Bou Said Centre for Languages (Centre Sidi Bou Said de Langues et d'Informatique) in the picturesque Tunis suburb of Sidi Bou Said, next to the Sidi Bou Said TGM station that specializes in Arabic, offering classes in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), classical Arabic, Tunisian Arabic and the various dialects of North Africa, the Gulf and the Levant. Bab Menara (initially known as Bab El Artha) opened onto the medina and on the suburb of El Haoua. However, between 1994 and 2004, the population of the governorate of Tunis grew more than 1.03% per annum. They all greeted them and were very curious, many were asking questions, however, no one in Tunis personally greeted Ibn Battuta, greatly upsetting him. Climate information for Tunisia including average temperature, rain and snowfall totals. After 1591, the Ottoman governors (Beys) were relatively independent, and both piracy and trade continued to flourish. In a very short time, the colonial city transformed rapidly. The climate can be divided into two major areas, the north, influenced by the Mediterranean, and the south, influenced by the Saharan desert. [88] The city further put itself onto the international basketball map as it hosted the FIBA Africa Championship 1965 and the FIBA Africa Championship 1987. The city is the largest financial center in the country hosting the headquarters of 65% of financial companies – while the industrial sectors are gradually declining in importance. It lies between latitudes 30° and 38°N, and longitudes 7° and 12°E. Other arts are also represented in the capital. The project hopes to boost the economy of Tunisia as well as increase the number of tourists visiting Tunisia annually. Tunis is the starting point from which the main roads and all highways that serve different parts of the country of Tunis originate. It is still surrounded with farmland and vegetables are grown which supply many of the souks in the region. The Tunisian Symphony Orchestra, created in 1969 by the Minister of Culture, has also produced monthly concerts at the Municipal Theater and in various cultural spaces in the city. A naval expedition led by Charles himself was dispatched in 1535, and the city was recaptured. [35] The city is located at the crossroads of a narrow strip of land between Lake Tunis and Séjoumi. From the early days of its founding, Tunis has been considered an important military base. The main conflicts and potentially destructive human behavior has been experienced in the city occurred relatively recently following the country's independence which it why it made into a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979. In addition, the TGM will be integrated into the light-rail network and a new line built around Ayn Zaghouan and Bhar Lazrag (8.4 km). In Tunis, the summers are short, hot, humid, dry, and clear and the winters are long, cold, windy, and partly cloudy. On 7 May 1943, at about 15:30 in the afternoon, Tunis fell to troops of British 1st Army and the U.S. 1st Army, which had defeated the German 5th Panzer Army guarding the city. Some scholars relate it to the Phoenician goddess Tanith ('Tanit or Tanut), as many ancient cities were named after patron deities. It is known for its essences and perfumes. Known as Tunis Sports City, it will expand around the lake of Tunis, on the road to La Marsa. [63] This includes a network of Catholic buildings, including the Church of St. Joan of Arc, but also with the Protestant Reformed Church and the Anglican church Saint-Georges. Among the high schools in the capital, the best-known are the Lycée de la Rue du Pacha (founded 1900), Lycée Bab El Khadhra, Lycée de la Rue de Russie, Lycée Bourguiba (formerly Lycée Carnot de Tunis), and the Lycée Alaoui. [citation needed], During the Mercenary War, it is possible that Tunis served as a center for the native population of the area,[13] and that its population was mainly composed of peasants, fishermen, and craftsmen. The main and oldest of them, is the Al-Zaytuna Mosque, founded in 698 and built in 732 and is in the heart of the Medina. In 1159, the Almohad 'Abd al-Mu'min took Tunis, overthrew the last Khurasanid leader and installed a new government in the kasbah of Tunis. They support a range of residential and commercial buildings. and Tourbet El Fellari, Tourbet Aziza Othman and Tourbet El Bey the number of monuments in Tunis approaches 600. Film producers and cinema have long been present in the city of Tunis. Its population grew by additions from various ethnicities, among which were Moorish refugees from Spain, and economic activities diversified. In addition, unemployment is high in young people aged 18 to 24, with one in three unemployed as compared to one in six at the national level. The north of Tunisia has a typical Mediterranean climate with hot summers and mild and rainy winters. [6] The term Tunis can possibly mean "camp at night", "camp", or "stop", or may have referred to as "the last stop before Carthage" by people who were journeying to Carthage by land. Tunis is the seat of the Diocese of Tunis, with the seat located at the Cathedral of St Vincent de Paul, The church was built in 1897 on the site of the old Christian cemetery of Saint-Antoine. Tunis was quiet during the First World War. Nidaa Tounes came second with 17 seats. Taking advantage of divisions within the ruling house, Algerians captured Tunis in 1756 and put the country under supervision. After the advent of independence, a museum was built there to relate the details of the national struggle between 1938 and 1952. In autumn, it begins to rain, often with short thunderstorms, which can sometimes cause flash floods or even flood some parts of the city. Here are some average weather facts we collected from our historical climate data: During the month of March, April and November you are most likely to experience good weather with pleasant average temperatures that fall between 20 degrees Celsius (68°F) and 25 degrees Celsius (77°F). Tunisia is on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa, midway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Nile Delta. The city lies on a similar latitude as the southernmost points of Europe. These writers belonged to peoples in competition, and often in conflict, with Carthage. The south is semiarid, and merges into the Sahara. Winter is the wettest season of the year, when more than a third of the annual rainfall falls during this period, raining on average every two or three days. It was completely rebuilt in 864 and is a prestigious place of worship, and was long an important place of culture and knowledge with the University of Ez-Zitouna on the premises until the independence of Tunisia. Tunisia is situated in the warm temperate zone between latitudes 37° and 30° N. In the north the climate is Mediterranean, characterized by mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers with no marked intervening seasons. 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The education level is only exceeded by the neighbouring governorate of Ariana which has many institutions of education. [78] The library moved to its current location on Boulevard 9 April in 1938. At the beginning of the 20th century, a number of sports institutions were established in Tunis, particularly in school and college settings. The Museum of the National Movement is situated in Dar Maâkal Az-Zaïm, which was the residence of nationalist Habib Bourguiba for the entirety of the fight for independence. In total the governorate of Tunis registered 24,095 licences for various clubs in the municipal area in 2007. The new building contains a reading room, conference room, laboratories, an exhibition gallery, a block of technical and administrative services, a restaurant, a parking and green space areas. The winters are rainier than the summers in Tunis. A great fusion of influences can be seen blending Andalusian styles with eastern influences, and Roman or Byzantine columns, and typical Arab architecture, characterized by the archways. Because its culture and records were destroyed by the Romans at the end of the Third Punic War, very few Carthaginian primary historical sources survive. East of the medina through the Sea Gate (also known as the Bab el Bhar and the Porte de France) begins the modern city, or Ville Nouvelle, traversed by the grand Avenue Habib Bourguiba (often referred to by media and travel guides as "the Tunisian Champs-Élysées"), where the colonial-era buildings provide a clear contrast to smaller, older structures. [278] Climate is the statistics of weather, usually over a 30-year interval. The victory against the corsairs is recorded in a tapestry at the Royal Palace of Madrid. [81] To punish the Zirids, he unleashed the Banu Hilal Arab tribe on Ifriqiya; a large part of the country was set to the torch, the Zirid capital Kairouan was razed in 1057, and only a few coastal towns, including Tunis and Mahdia, escaped destruction. The notion of public space is ambiguous in the case of Medina where the streets are seen as an extension of the houses and subject to social tags. In addition, groundwater is easily accessible through the drilling of deep wells, providing water for the different agriculture crops. There are also Christian churches and temples : Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunis (Catholic Church), Protestant churches, Evangelical Churches.[62]. [12] The existence of the town is attested by sources dating from the 4th century BC. Judaism, meanwhile, enjoys a long tradition of presence in the city despite the emigration of a large part of the community after independence. [9], Ruins of the Baths of Antoninus in Carthage, The Lady of Carthage mosaic, one of the major surviving pieces of Byzantine art in modern Tunisia, Tunis was originally a Berber settlement. April is an agreeable spring month in Tunis, Tunisia, with temperature in the range of an average high of 22.4°C (72.3°F) and an average low of 12.8°C (55°F). It grew from 27% of the total population in 1956, to 37% in 1975 and 50% in 2006. Among the places of worship are Beit Yaacouv Synagogue and especially the Great Synagogue of Tunis, built at the end of the 1940s to replace the former Great Synagogue which was demolished as part of the Jewish redevelopment area, the Hara. It worked on promoting Arab music, on music education and training, and on cooperation with various partners both in Tunisia and abroad. To the west of the park lies the district of El Omrane which holds the main Muslim cemetery in the capital and the warehouses of public transport. The city of Tunis, whose size has increased significantly during the second half of the 20th century, now extends beyond the Tunis Governorate into parts of the governorates of Ben Arous, Ariana and Manouba. It forms a natural bridge and since ancient times several major roads linking to Egypt and elsewhere in Tunisia have branched out from it. This resulted in the first demolition of the old city walls, from 1860, to accommodate growth in the suburbs. Some of the meteorological variables that are commonly measured are temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, and precipitation. The total length of the network will eventually be in the range of 84 km (52 mi). An abrupt southward turn of the Mediterranean coast in northern Tunisia gives the country two distinctive Mediterranean coasts, west–east in the north, and north–south in the east. The Olympic village was financed by an investment estimated at 50 million dinars. 1600s - Tunisia becomes part of the Turkish Ottoman empire, but has a high degree of autonomy. [63] The Hammouda Pasha Mosque, built in 1655, is the second mosque built by the Hanafi rite in Tunis. This went on for a while until one of the pilgrims realized he was upset, he went up and greeted and talked to Ibn until he entered the city. During the Almohad and Hafsid periods Tunis was one of the richest and grandest cities in the Islamic world, with a population of about 100,000. In 1964 the Dar Ben Abdallah, a palace probably dating back to the 18th century, became the seat of the capital's Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions. It is now the subject of a redevelopment project including the construction of twin towers. [48] It reflects the improved financial situation of the municipality, the year 2007 was a year registering a surplus in resources that allowed the settlement of debts of the municipality and the strengthening of its credibility with respect its suppliers and public and private partners. Tunisia - Climate data - Climate information and average monthly temperature, humidity, rainfall, snowfall, daylight, sunshine, UV index, and sea temperature for all cities and towns. [74] The first screenings were held the following year and the first cinema, the Omnia Pathé, opened in October 1908. – Online Research Library: Questia", "Gunmen storm Tunisian museum, kill 17 foreign tourists", "The Latest: French President Mourns Tunisia Victims", "19 killed in Tunisia attack; hostage drama ends with deaths of gunmen", "Gunmen 'take hostages' in attack on Tunisia parliament", http://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/pics/kottek_et_al_2006.gif. Tunis has some large parks, many of which were installed at the end of the 19th century by the authorities of the French protectorate. 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[18] In 1048 the Zirid ruler Al-Muizz ibn Badis rejected his city's obedience to the Fatimids and re-established Sunni rites throughout all of Ifriqiya. The city spilled outside the area of the earlier town and the banks of the lake, and the new districts were modernised with running water (1860), lighting gas (1872), roads, waste collection (1873), and communication with adjacent suburbs and the city centre. Tunis is located in north-eastern Tunisia on the Lake of Tunis, and is connected to the Mediterranean sea's Gulf of Tunis by a canal which terminates at the port of La Goulette/Halq al Wadi. Under Articles 43 and 24 of the Constitution of 1959,[46] Tunis and its suburbs host the national institutions: the Presidential Palace, which is known as Carthage Palace, residence of the President of Tunisia, the Chamber of Deputies and the Chamber of Advisors and parliament, the Constitutional Council and the main judicial institutions and public bodies. (climate and weather in tunisia) A jagged spit of land extending from the Mediterranean Sea into North Africa, sandwiched between Algeria and Libya, Tunisia is a popular package tour destination offering hot, sunny beach holidays and excursions into the Sahara desert. It still hosts the main ceremonies marking the dates on the Muslim calendar and is regularly attended by the president.