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Tabarka (Arabic: طبرقة Ṭbarqa ⓘ) 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 .
Theatre of Tabarka. The Tabarka Jazz Festival (Arabic: مهرجان طبرقة للجاز) is an annual festival of jazz held in the coastal town of Tabarka in Tunisia. Established in 1973 for four years, it was revived again in 1997. The Tabarka Jazz Festival is held annually in July at the Basilica of Tabarka. [1]
Tabarka Airport was built in 1992 to serve the northwest region of Tunisia. [4] Its original name emanated from the November 7, 1987 coup d'etat that ousted Habib Bourguiba, the first President of Tunisia, which was orchestrated by then-Prime Minister Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, who replaced Bourguiba; however, the airport was renamed following the 2011 Revolution that ousted and exiled Ben Ali.
Jendouba (Arabic: جندوبة ; Formerly known as Souk El Arba until 30 April 1966) is a city in northwestern Tunisia, and capital of the Jendouba Governorate.It is an important crossroads with many road links to other towns such as El Kef, Tabarka, Ain Draham and Béja.
Indeed, this was a relative majority that prompted Laura Davi (in his Memoires italiennes en Tunisie of 1936) to write that "La Tunisia è una colonia italiana amministrata da funzionari francesi" (Tunisia is an Italian colony administered by French managers).
The governorate of Jendouba is located in the northwest of Tunisia, 150 km (93 mi) from the capital. It is bordered by the governorates of Kef and Siliana in the south, the governorate of Béja in the east, and it is 135 km (84 mi) away from the border with Algeria in the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north, with a 25 km (16 mi) long coastline.
The French, wanting to capture Tabarka, dispatched a naval expedition consisting of 300 men, led by a maritime officer, Murat de Saurins. Murat landed on Tabarka on July 2, 1741. The French troops attempted to capture Tabarka by a ruse, however, they faced an ambush by the Tunisians and suffered heavy losses.
They are located 38 kilometres (24 miles) northwest of Cape Serrat, the closest point of the Tunisian mainland coast, from which they are separated by the Galite Channel, and almost 80 km (50 mi) north-by-northeast of the city of Tabarka, and 150 km (93 mi) south of Cape Spartivento in the south of Sardinia.