Tabarka
Sign in to saveTabarka ( '''') is a coastal town located in north-western Tunisia, close to the border with Algeria. Tabarka was occupied at various times by Punics, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Genoese and Ottomans. The town is dominated by an offshore rock on which there remains a Genoese castle. Nationalist leader Habib Bourguiba, later president of post-independence Tunisia, was exiled on Tabarka by the French colonial authorities in 1952. Tourist attractions include coral fishing, the Coralis Festival of underwater photography, and its annual jazz festival.
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- 1
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- 4.7
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- Tabarka
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- طبرقة
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- ar
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- Tunisia
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- Location in Tunisia
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- Country
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- 25px Tunisia
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- Governorate
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- Jendouba Governorate
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- Imperial
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- 2022
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- 22,119
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- 3894
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- CET
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Tabarka ( '') is a coastal town located in north-western Tunisia, close to the border with Algeria. Tabarka was occupied at various times by Punics, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Genoese and Ottomans. The town is dominated by an offshore rock on which there remains a Genoese castle. Nationalist leader Habib Bourguiba, later president of post-independence Tunisia, was exiled on Tabarka by the French colonial authorities in 1952. Tourist attractions include coral fishing, the Coralis Festival of underwater photography, and its annual jazz festival.
==Name== Tabarka was known to the Carthaginians as (). This was transcribed into Greek as Thaúbraka () and into Latin as Thabraca. In modern day Berber it is known as Tabarka or Tbarga, while its Arabic name is Ṭbarqa ().