Siliana, Tunisia

History | Neighborhoods | Sport | Education

🇹🇳 Siliana is a modern farming town in northern Tunisia. It is located 130 km south-west of the capital Tunis. It is the capital of the Siliana Governorate. It is located 4 miles away from Jama where the Battle of Zama occurred.

Siliana Dam, is located 10 km north of the city of Siliana.

1

History During the Second Punic War The battle of Zama took place ten km from Siliana. There was a Roman town here during Roman Empire, it appears on the 4th century Peutinger Map.

Modern Siliana was founded in 1905.

In April 1990 the Silianian people made the first Tunisian revolution against the police, it was the first Tunisian voice ever against the government.

In November 2012, Siliana witnessed clashes between protesters for unemployment and the local police. Both Amnesty International and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay called on the authorities to end the use of "excessive force".

1

Neighborhoods Siliana has 17 neighborhoods.

1

Sport Siliana is the home of Uss: union Siliana sport, a football team that was founded in 1955.

1

Education There is one college in siliana: "Isetsl"

1
Tunis Time 
Tunis Time
Image: M.Rais

Siliana has a population of over 31,251 people. Siliana also forms the centre of the wider Siliana Governorate which has a population of over 223,087 people.

To set up a UBI Lab for Siliana see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Siliana has links with:

Text Atribution: Wikipedia Text under CC-BY-SA license

Antipodal to Siliana is: -170.633,-36.067

Locations Near: Siliana 9.36667,36.0667

🇹🇳 El Kef 8.7,36.167 d: 60.9  

🇹🇳 Béja 9.183,36.733 d: 75.9  

🇹🇳 Jendouba 8.783,36.5 d: 71.1  

🇹🇳 Kairouan 10.1,35.667 d: 79.7  

🇹🇳 Zaghouen 10.142,36.4 d: 78.8  

🇹🇳 Manouba 10.1,36.8 d: 104.7  

🇹🇳 Sidi Bouzid 9.483,35.033 d: 115.4  

🇹🇳 Le Bardo 10.133,36.8 d: 106.5  

🇹🇳 Tunis 10.164,36.797 d: 108.1  

🇹🇳 Aryanah 10.183,36.85 d: 113.7  

Antipodal to: Siliana -170.633,-36.067

🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 18296.3  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 17592.4  

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 17540.2  

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17092.9  

🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13599.3  

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 13526.6  

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 13514.8  

🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 13509.3  

🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 13508.6  

🇺🇸 Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 13496  

Bing Map

Option 1