Other Name: | Kessera |
Native Name: | (كسرى) |
Nickname: | Cusira |
Settlement Type: | Commune and town |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Tunisia |
Subdivision Name1: | Siliana Governorate |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Total: | 2854 |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Elevation M: | 966 |
Kesra is a town and commune in the Siliana Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 2,490.[1] In 2014 this was 2,600.Kesra is in Siliana Governorate near Maktar at 35.8N and 9.36e.[2] The town is at altitude of 966m and is near the Jebel Serj national park.During the Roman Empire Kesra was a civitas of the Roman Province of Byzacena called Cusira.
A flat bread made of Semolina is also called Kesra in north Africa.