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Bou-Hedma National Park is located in both the Gafsa Governorate and Sidi Bouzid Governorate, in Tunisia. The park was created on December 18, 1980, and has been on the UNESCO tentative list of World Heritage Sites since May 28, 2008 [2] The national park is mainly important because of its flora and fauna.
Gafsa (Arabic: قفصة qafṣah/gafṣah Gafsˤa ⓘ) is the capital of Gafsa Governorate in Tunisia. With a population of 120,739, Gafsa is the ninth-largest Tunisian city and is 335 km from the country's capital, Tunis .
Map published 1906 of Tunisian and Algerian date palm oases, including Gafsa. At the time of a U.S. Department of Agriculture bulletin on Date Varieties and Date Culture in Tunis published in 1906, “Tributary to the oasis of Gafsa itself are one or two other oases of small importance. Gafsa oasis contains from 50,000 to 65,000 date palms ...
Forget Europe; from the ruins of Carthage to the El Jem amphitheatre, Tunisia’s restoration efforts show off its storied past. Richard Collett takes a deep dive into the country’s fascinating ...
Hermanion of El Guettar, currently in the Bardo Natinonal Museum. In the 1950s, archaeologists found a crown of balls, 4,000 silex, mammal's teeth and bones of animals laid out near a dried up watering hole which is some 40,000 years old.
Ichkeul National Park. There are 17 national parks in Tunisia. [1] [2] National parks. ... List of national parks of Tunisia. 10 languages ...
The park is home to oak forests, with species Quercus faginea and Quercus suber. The forests have rich undergrowth with several medicinal and aromatic plants, the knowledge of which is being passed down through generations. The Barbary stag lives here, while the Barbary lion has been extinct since the 20th century. [16] Bou-Hedma National Park ...
Since the lake was discovered by desert shepherds, Lake de Gafsa has become a curiosity for locals, and an overnight international tourist sensation.Hundreds have gone just to see the lake, to dive off the picturesque rocks and swim in the lake, and/or scuba dive in it since its discovery. [3]