M'saken
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'''M'saken' ( Msākan; also spelled Masakin, Msaken'') is a town in north-eastern Tunisia, close to Sousse.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- M'saken
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Monument centre ville Msaken, Tunisie 2012.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Monument in M'saken city center 2012
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Tunisia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Tunisia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sousse Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Delegation(s)
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- M'saken
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Mohamed Alaya (Ennahda)
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Vice Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Zoubeir Graïet
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 89745
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Tunisia
- Located in
- delegation of M'saken
- Population
- 110000
- Elevation
- 143
- Capital of
- delegation of M'saken
- Official website
- www.commune-msaken.gov.tn/indexfr.htm
- Image
- CentrevilleMsaken.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- twinned administrative body
- Ronse
- Commons category
- Msaken
- postal code
- 4070
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Administration
- Municipality
- [[Villages]] and [[town]]s of [[:fr:Délégation (Tunisie)|Delegation]]
- Traditional doors
- History
- Ksours of Msaken
- List of Family Names of Msaken
- Historic monuments
- Soufism
- Statistics
- Traditional dresses
- Dialect
- Migrations
- DNA Haplogroup
- Climate
- Sports
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
'''M'saken' ( Msākan; also spelled Masakin, Msaken'') is a town in north-eastern Tunisia, close to Sousse.
== Etymology == The origin of the word comes from "Msaken" masken (plural masken) meaning "habitat", "house" or "dwelling". This refers to "Houses of the Nobles" (Masken el achraf).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “M'saken” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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