Béni Khiar Explained

Official Name:Béni Khiar
Settlement Type:Commune and town
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Tunisia
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Nabeul Governorate
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2022
Population Total:30036
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1

Béni Khiar is a town and commune in the Nabeul Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 16,992.[1] It is one of the beautiful towns in Nabeul with beautiful beach, great weather, especially in the summer, and people come from all over the country and from Algeria to spend their summer holidays in Béni Khiar.

Culture

Béni Khiar organizes an annual festival of orange blossoms in March, a beach party in July, and a fish festival in August. A festival of liturgical music (sufyet) also takes place during the first half of the month of Ramadan. Béni Khiar is home to one of the oldest groups of Sufi religious music (Aissaouia al-Morabet) in Tunisia.[2]

See also

References

36.4667°N 57°W

Notes and References

  1. Recensement de 2004 (Institut national de la statistique)
  2. Web site: tunisie.co . 2023-06-13 . Aissaouia al-Morabet de Beni-khiar, le 14 Avril 2022 . 2023-06-13 . tunisie.co . fr-FR.