Clockwise from top: View of Sfax from Ksar Ben Romadhane, Cafe Sidi Boussaid, Sfax Governorate headquarters, Dar Jellouli Museum, Avenue Farhat Hached, City Walls, Sidi Amor Kammoun Mosque
Sfax (/s(ə)ˈfæks/s(ə-)FAKS; Arabic: صفاقس, romanized: Ṣafāqis, Tunisian Arabic:[ˈsˤfaːqəs]ⓘ) is a city in Tunisia, located 270 km (170 mi) southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD849 on the ruins of Berber Taparura, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate (about 955,421 inhabitants in 2014),[citation needed] and a Mediterranean port. Sfax has a population of 330,440 (census 2014).[1] Its main industries include phosphate, olive and nut processing, fishing (it is the largest fishing port in Tunisia) and international trade. The city is the second-most populous in the country after the capital, Tunis.[2]
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Sfax (/s(ə)ˈfæks/ s(ə-)FAKS; Arabic: صفاقس, romanized: Ṣafāqis, Tunisian Arabic: [ˈsˤfaːqəs] ) is a city in Tunisia, located 270 km (170 mi) southeast...
The Sfax Governorate (Arabic: ولاية صفاقس Wilāya Ṣafāqis; French: Gouvernorat de Sfax) is one of the governorates of Tunisia. The governorate has a population...
CS Sfaxien or simply CSS for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Sfax. The club was founded in 1928 and its colours are black and white. Their...
The University of Sfax (Arabic: جامعة صفاقس French: Université de Sfax) is a university located in Sfax, Tunisia. It was founded in 1986 under the name...
Sfax Railway Sport (Arabic: نادي سكك الحديد الصفاقسي, often referred to as Railway or ٍُSRS) is a Tunisian football club from Sfax founded in 1920. The...
of Sfax (Arabic: المدرسة الوطنية للمهندسين بصفاقس) or ENIS, is a Tunisian engineering school and research establishment based in the city of Sfax located...
Navy have borne the name Sfax: French cruiser Sfax, a protected cruiser launched in 1884 and stricken in 1906 French submarine Sfax, a Redoutable-class submarine...
and a business school (International School of Business), and is based in Sfax, Tunisia. It is accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific...
734766°N 10.762225°E / 34.734766; 10.762225 The Sfax medina is the medina quarter of the Tunisian city of Sfax. It was built by Aghlabid prince Abu Abbass...
Kasbah of Sfax is a kasbah, an Islamic desert fortress, located in the southwestern corner of the ancient city of Sfax. It was used for different purposes...
Sfax Desalination Plant is a sea water desalination plant under construction in the city of Sfax in Tunisia. The facility is under development by the Tunisian...
The Sfax Preparatory Engineering Institute (Arabic: المعهد التّحضيري للدّراسات الهندسيّة بصفاقس) or IPEIS, is a Tunisian university establishment created...
Radio Sfax is an Arabic language radio station in Sfax, Tunisia. The station was established in 1961 and focuses on regional news and issues. The station...
950 mi) of roads, with three highways: the A1 from Tunis to Sfax (works ongoing for Sfax-Libya), A3 Tunis-Beja (works ongoing Beja – Boussalem, studies...
The Battle of the Tarigo Convoy (sometimes called the Action off Sfax) was a naval battle of the Second World War, part of the Battle of the Mediterranean...
Sfax was a protected cruiser built for the French Navy in the 1880s. She was the first vessel of the type to be built for the French Navy, which was a...
to the regional hospital of Sfax, where she died 4 September 1952 of postpartum bleeding. Today, the largest avenue of Sfax and a mixed school (formerly...
Tunisia's four main bases are Bizerte/Sidi Ahmed, Gafsa, Bizerte/La Karouba, and Sfax. The order of battle of the Tunisian Air force is as below: No. 12 Squadron...
The Sfax Archaeological Museum is an archaeological museum located in Sfax, Tunisia. The Sfax Archaeological Museum was established in 1907, making it...
The gates of Sfax are the entrances into the Medina quarter of Sfax, Tunisia. Until the 20th century, the medina of Sfax had only two entrances: Bab Diwan...
Sfax was a French Navy Redoutable-class submarine of the M6 series commissioned in 1936. She participated in World War II, first on the side of the Allies...
Hammadids captured and held important regions such as Ouargla, Constantine, Sfax, Susa, Algiers, Tripoli and Fez establishing their rule in every country...
charter airline with its head office and main base at Sfax–Thyna International Airport in Sfax, Tunisia. Between 2011 and 2015 the airline operated as...
The Great Mosque of Sfax (Arabic: الجامع الكبير بصفاقس) was the most important mosque in the old city of Sfax, Tunisia. It was initially built towards...
were Oran and Sfax. Oran planned to take the Games to Algeria for the second time after the 1975 Mediterranean Games in Algiers. Sfax planned to take...
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