Bizerte
Sign in to saveBizerte (, ) is the capital and largest city of Bizerte Governorate in northern Tunisia. It is the northernmost city in Africa, located north of the capital Tunis. It is also known as the last town to remain under French control after the rest of the country won its independence from France. The city had 162,053 inhabitants in 2014.
AI overview
Bizerte is the capital of Bizerte Governorate in northern Tunisia and holds the distinction of being Africa's northernmost city. It is historically significant as the last Tunisian town to remain under French control after the country's independence, and it had a population of about 162,000 people as of 2014.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bizerte
- Settlement.official_name
- Bizerte
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120px
- Settlement.shield_size
- 100px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Tunisia#Africa
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Tunisia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bizerte Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Delegation(s)
Article
33 sectionsContents
- Names{{anchor|Historical_names}}
- History
- Later history
- Geography
- Location
- Transport
- Climate
- Demography
- Population structure
- Demographic evolution
- Architecture and landscape
- Vieux Port
- Medina
- Kasbah
- Education
- Health
- Economy
- Miscellaneous
- Titular see
- Serbian Army in Bizerte 1915–1919
- Army
- Hospitals
- Cemeteries
- Notable residents
- International relations
- Sister cities
- Cooperation agreement
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Bizerte (, ) is the capital and largest city of Bizerte Governorate in northern Tunisia. It is the northernmost city in Africa, located north of the capital Tunis. It is also known as the last town to remain under French control after the rest of the country won its independence from France. The city had 162,053 inhabitants in 2014.
==Names== The classical name of Bizerte, Hippo, is the latinization of a Punic name (, ), probably related to the word ûbôn, meaning "harbor". To distinguish it from Hippo Regius (the modern Annaba, in Algeria), the Greeks and Romans used several epithets. Scylax of Caryanda mentions it as '''' and ("Hippo the City"). Polybius mentions it as (, Hippōn Diárrhytos''), "Hippo Divided-by-the-Water", in reference to the town's prominent canal. It also appears in Roman, Vandal, and Byzantine sources as . Its Arabic name Binzart () and the French and English forms derived from it all represent phonetic developments of its ancient name.