Medenine, Tunisia
🇹🇳 Medenine (مدنين) is the major town in south-eastern Tunisia, 77 km (48 mi) 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.
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Medenine has a population of over 109,409 people. Medenine also forms the centre of the wider Medenine Governorate which has a population of over 479,520 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Medenine has links with:
🇫🇷 Bédarieux, France🇰🇷 Jeju Island 33.38
🇺🇸 Ahwatukee Foothills 33.333
🇩🇪 Dillingen an der Donau 10.504
🇩🇪 Braunschweig 10.527
🇩🇪 Wolfenbüttel 10.533
🇹🇳 Kalâa Kebira 10.533
Locations Near: Medenine 10.5,33.35
🇹🇳 Djerba 10.883,33.783 d: 59.9
🇹🇳 Gabès 10.117,33.883 d: 69.1
🇹🇳 Safaqis 10.76,34.74 d: 156.4
🇱🇾 Nalut 10.967,31.867 d: 170.6
🇹🇳 Mahdia 11.067,35.5 d: 244.7
🇱🇾 Zintan 12.248,31.931 d: 227.4
Antipodal to: Medenine -169.5,-33.35
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 18544.8
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 17891.1
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 17832.9
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17360.4
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13918.4
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 13845.3
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 13833.4
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 13827.9