Sidi Aïch (Tunisia) Explained

Official Name:Sidi Aïch
Native Name:سيدي عيش
Pushpin Map:Tunisia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Tunisia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Tunisia
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Gafsa Governorate
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2004
Population Total:8297 [1]
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank1:Arab
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Population Blank2:Islam
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:1
Coordinates:35.2297°N 9.1294°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:1250

Sidi Aïch (Arabic: سيدي عيش) is a small town, located at 35° 13′ 47″ N, 9° 07′ 46″ E in south-central Tunisia, it belongs to Gafsa Governorate and it is located in 29 km in the north of Gafsa.

This city was the birth place of Mohammed Gammoudi, athlete and first Olympic champion from Tunisia.

Ruins near the town have been tentatively identified with Gemellae, a Roman era civitas in the Roman Province of Byzacena.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ins.nat.tn/indexen.php National Institute of Statistics - Tunisia