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Khniss

Khniss (Arabic: خنيس) is a small city in the Tunisian Sahel region. It is located on the coast, 5 km south of Monastir. Its population is estimated at around 11,000 as of 2014.

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Settlement.official_name: Khniss
Settlement.image_alt: Khniss is a small city in the Tunisian Sahel region. It is located on the coast, 5 km south of Monastir. Its population is estimated at around 11,000 as of 2014.
Settlement.image_skyline: Plage_de_Khniss,_Tunisie_2013.jpg
Settlement.settlement_type: Commune and town
Settlement.native_name: خنيس
Settlement.pushpin_map: Tunisia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Monastir Governorate
Settlement.population_as_of: 2022
Settlement.population_total: 12892
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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Khniss (Arabic: خنيس) is a small city in the Tunisian Sahel region. It is located on the coast, 5 km south of Monastir. Its population is estimated at around 11,000 as of 2014.

Khniss is the hometown of the famous Tunisian linguist Abu Isaak Al Khounaysy who taught linguistics and grammar in the first islamic university and research center in Africa built by the Aghlabites in Kairouan according to the Tunisian historian Hassan Hosni Abdul-Wahab