Kalâat el-Andalous explained

Official Name:Kalâat el-Andalous
Native Name:قلعة الأندلس
Settlement Type:Commune and town
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Tunisia
Subdivision Name1:Ariana Governorate
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2014
Population Total:18225
Utc Offset:+1

Kalâat el-Andalous is a town and commune in the Ariana Governorate, Tunisia. It is located 30 miles north of Tunis. As of 2004 it had a total population of 15,313.[1]

Kalâat el-Andalous means "citadel of the Andalusians"; this refers to the seventeenth century when Muslims who had been driven out of al-Andalus settled in the fertile Medjerda River valley.

The dominant activity in the region is agriculture, which benefits from its proximity to the Medjerda River, the longest in Tunisia.

The city is split with a village coast which hosts a port of fishing. The proximity of the city Tunis constitutes a northern boundary and the beauty of a coastal strip of sand make it one of the future tourist areas of the capital.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Recensement de 2004 (Institut national de la statistique)