Medenine Explained

Official Name:Medenine
Native Name:Arabic: مدنين
Pushpin Map:Tunisia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Tunisia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Medenine Governorate
Subdivision Type2:Delegation(s)
Subdivision Name2:Medenine North, Medenine South
Leader Title1:Mayor
Leader Name1:Moncef Ben Yemna (Ennahda)
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2022
Population Total:79406
Population Metro:522294
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:1
Coordinates:33.3547°N 10.5053°W

Medenine (Arabic: مدنين) is the major town in south-eastern Tunisia, 77km (48miles) south of the port of Gabès and the Island of Djerba, on the main route to Libya. It is the capital of Medenine Governorate.

Overview

In pre-colonial times, Medenine was already the most important trading centre in the south, attracting merchants from all over North Africa and even from Bornu, to the south of the Sahara. The Ksar housed the central granaries of the various nomadic Berber tribes of the region.

The area was the scene of an unsuccessful German counter-attack by General Erwin Rommel as part of Operation Capri during March 1943 against British Eighth Army forces. The Battle of Medenine was Rommel's last engagement in Africa before he was replaced by General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim as commander of the Afrika Korps.

In popular culture

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  1. Web site: Movie-Locations.com: The Phantom Menace . 2011-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160604114452/http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/p/pmenace.html . 2016-06-04 . dead .
  2. http://theswca.com/travel/tunisia/jerid/jerid.html The Star Wars Traveler
  3. http://www.4loms.com/star-wars-countries/Star-Wars-locations-in-Tunisia.htm#star-wars-Chott-El-Jerid Loms Galactic Tours
  4. http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2407541 Stars of the Desert - A journey across the dunes of Tunisia to discover lost "Tatooine"