Ezzahra Explained

Official Name:Ezzahra
Native Name:الزهراء
Settlement Type:Commune and town
Pushpin Map:Tunisia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Coordinates:36.7439°N 10.3083°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Tunisia
Subdivision Name1:Ben Arous Governorate
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Mohamed Rayen Hamzaoui
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2022
Population Total:36,298
Utc Offset:+1
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:2034

Ezzahra is a coastal city on the outskirts of Tunis located south of the capital. Ezzahra is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea and the municipalities of Rades, Hammam Lif and Boumhel EL-Bassatine. Administratively attached to the governorate of Ben Arous, it is the seat of a delegation and a municipality of 31,792 inhabitants (in 2014) while the city itself has a population of 6000 inhabitants. The municipality of Ezzahra consists of four cities: Ezzahra, El Habib, 18 January and Borj El-Louzir.

History

The municipality was founded on September 10, 1909, during the colonial period, under the name of Saint-Germain and was subsequently renamed Ezzahra after the independence of Tunisia in honor of national fighter Lazhar Chraïti (1919-1963).

Culture

Ezzahra organizes a theater festival each summer. It also has a basketball club (Ezzahra Sports) among the best in Tunisia and there also is two of the oldest elementary schools and high schools in Tunisia (Al Jomhouriya Avenue Elementary School) and (Ibn Rachik High School).

Ezzahra is also the birthplace of the Tunisian progressive metal band Myrath.

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36.7439°N 10.3083°W