Siliana, Tunisia

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🇹🇳 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.

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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".

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Neighborhoods Siliana has 17 neighborhoods.

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

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Education There is one college in siliana: "Isetsl"

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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:

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North of: 36.067

🇨🇳 Qingdao 36.067

🇨🇳 Jiaozhou 36.067

🇩🇿 Bordj Bou Arréridj 36.067

🇯🇵 Fukui 36.069

🇺🇸 Porterville 36.073

🇺🇸 Greensboro 36.074

🇯🇵 Satte 36.076

🇯🇵 Tsuchiura 36.08

🇰🇷 Seocheon 36.08

🇺🇸 Louisburg 36.083

South of: 36.067

🇹🇷 Anamur 36.067

🇺🇸 Paradise 36.067

🇰🇷 Gimcheon 36.062

🇨🇳 Chengguan 36.061

🇨🇳 Lanzhou 36.054

🇺🇸 Broken Arrow 36.053

🇯🇵 Kōnosu 36.05

🇺🇸 Graham 36.05

🇺🇸 Fayetteville 36.05

🇺🇸 Antioch 36.05

East of: 9.367

🇨🇭 St. Gallen 9.376

🇩🇪 Lauterbach 9.383

🇩🇪 Rotenburg 9.383

🇩🇪 Homberg 9.4

🇩🇪 Homberg (Efze) 9.4

🇮🇹 Lecco 9.4

🇩🇰 Viborg 9.414

🇩🇰 Aabenraa 9.417

🇩🇪 Flensburg 9.433

🇩🇪 Holzminden 9.433

West of: 9.367

🇩🇪 Hamelin 9.367

🇩🇪 Höxter 9.367

🇮🇹 Nuoro 9.333

🇩🇰 Central Denmark 9.33

🇩🇪 Esslingen 9.317

🇩🇪 Waiblingen 9.317

🇩🇪 Esslingen am Neckar 9.306

🇮🇹 Monza 9.271

🇮🇹 Canzo 9.267

🇩🇪 Miltenberg 9.25

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  

Flood Risk: Climate Central 36.0667 9.36667

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