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La Goulette

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Also known as Halq al-Wadi

Tunisian town

Key facts

Country
Tunisia
Governorate
Tunis Governorate
Delegation s
La Goulette
Mayor
Amel Limam ( Tahya Tounes )
Total
45,711
Time zone
UTC1 ( CET )

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Official website

La goulette - الإستقبال

commune-lagoulette.gov.tn →

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Wikidata facts

Country
Tunisia
Image
La Goulette Port..jpg
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twinned administrative body
San Vito Lo Capo
Commons category
La Goulette
postal code
2060
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Encyclopedic overview

La Goulette ( French pronunciation: [la ɡulɛt], Italian: La Goletta), in Arabic Halq al-Wadi (حلق الوادي Ḥalq el-Wād), is a municipality and the port of Tunis, Tunisia.

La Goulette is located at around 36°49′5″N 10°18′18″E / 36.81806°N 10.30500°E / 36.81806; 10.30500 on a sandbar between Lake Tūnis and the Gulf of Tunis. The port, located 12km east of Tunis, is the point of convergence of Tunisia's major road and rail networks. La Goulette is linked to Tunis by the TGM railway and to Europe by a ferry service.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Goulette” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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