Zarzis
Sign in to saveZarzis, also known as Jarjis ( ''''), is a coastal commune (municipality) in southeastern Tunisia, former bishopric and Latin Catholic titular see under its ancient name Gergis.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Zarzis
- Settlement.nickname
- "درّة الجنوب" (dorrat al-janoub) which means "The Pearl of the South"
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tunesien Zarzis 2.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The mosque of Zarzis
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Tunisia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Médenine Governorate
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Mekki Laraiedh (Ennahdha)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 340
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
- Settlement.population_total
- 78766
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- CEST
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +2
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Tunisia
- Located in
- delegation of Zarzis
- Population
- 80000
- Area
- 340
- Elevation
- 18
- Capital of
- delegation of Zarzis
- Official website
- www.commune-zarzis.gov.tn
- Image
- Tunesien Zarzis 2.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Zarzis
- Commons category
- Zarzis
- postal code
- 4170
- native label
- جرجيس
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Buildings and structures
- History
- Titular see
- Economy
- People from Zarzis
- See also
- Gallery
- References
- Sources and external links
Zarzis, also known as Jarjis ( ''), is a coastal commune (municipality) in southeastern Tunisia, former bishopric and Latin Catholic titular see under its ancient name Gergis.
To the Phoenicians, Romans and Arabs the port was of strategic importance.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zarzis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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