Zaghouan Explained

Official Name:Zaghouan
Other Name:ⵣⴻⵖⵡⴰⵏ
Native Name:زغوان
Pushpin Map:Tunisia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Tunisia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Tunisia
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Zaghouan Governorate
Subdivision Type2:Delegation(s)
Subdivision Name2:Zaghouan
Leader Title1:Mayor
Leader Name1:Tarek Zoughari (Independent)
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2022
Population Total:22637
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Coordinates:36.4056°N 10.1431°W
Postal Code Type:1100

Zaghouan (or Zaghwan; Arabic: زغوان ; Berber languages: ⵣⴻⵖⵡⴰⵏ / Zeɣwan) is a town in the northern half of Tunisia. Situated on a low ridge of the Dorsale Mountains, the town has a mild climate and presents a green aspect. Cold water from here was taken by the Zaghouan Aqueduct to Carthage. The town is famous for its roses, originally cultivated by Muslim refugees from Spain in the seventeenth century. The town is located around 60 km due south of Tunis and around 50 km inland (west) from the Gulf of Hammamet and has an estimated population of around 20,837 (2014). It is the capital of the Zaghouan Governorate.

On the mountain south of the city is the Roman Water Temple Djebel Zaghouan (Temple de Eaux), source of an aqueduct which used to take water to the city of Carthage over 100 km away. The ruins here are illustrated in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1840, as 'Temple and Fountain of Zagwhan', the painting being by Sir Greenville Temple with a poetical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.[1]

Ecclesiastical history

See also: Diocese of Ziqua. Zagwan is the presumed site of the Ancient city of Zica (or Ziqva).[2] The city was among the many of sufficient importance in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis to become a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan of Carthage, in the papal sway, yet was to fade completely, probably at the seventh century advent of Islam.

Its historically documented bishops were :

See also

Sources and external links

Bibliography - Zica bishopric

Notes and References

  1. Book: Landon, Letitia Elizabeth. Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1841. picture. 1840. Fisher, Son & Co.. Book: Landon, Letitia Elizabeth. Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1841. poetical illustration. 1840. Fisher, Son & Co..
  2. Book: Bowman . Alan . Wilson . Andrew . The Roman Agricultural Economy: Organization, Investment, and Production . 30 May 2013 . OUP Oxford . 978-0-19-966572-3 . 145 . 22 April 2024 . en.