El Fahs
El Fahs (Arabic: الفحص) is a toun an commune locatit in the Zaghouan Govrenorate, 60 kilometers sooth-wast o Tunis, Tunisie. Its population in 2004 wis 19,315.[1]
It is locatit in the Wadi Miliane valley, surroondit bi mountains, in particular the Djebel Zaghouan. The Roman site o Thuburbo Majus is locatit 3 km away. Unner the French protectorate, the ceety wis kent as Pont du Fahs, (trans. Bridge-of-Fahs), named efter the remains o a Roman era brig in the vicinity. The toun wis the site o a WWII battle durin the Tunisie Campaign.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ (in French) Recensement de 2004 (Institut national de la statistique) Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
Coordinates: 36°22′N 9°54′E / 36.367°N 9.900°E
