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Sousse or Soussa ( Arabic: سوسة, IPA: [ˈsuːsa]) is a city in Tunisia, capital of the Sousse Governorate. Located 140 km (87 mi) south of the capital Tunis, the city has 271,428 inhabitants (2014). Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf of Hammamet, which is a part of the Mediterranean Sea.
- 31.68 ha (0.1223 sq mi)
- Sousse Governorate
- Sousse Medina. Off the beach, Sousse's main tourist attraction is its medina (old town) district. Its traditional character has been painstakingly preserved and it was rewarded with UNESCO World Heritage Site status for being one of the finest surviving examples of medina architecture in Tunisia.
- Sousse Ribat. Northwest of Sousse's Great Mosque, the tower of the Ribat is the city's major landmark. This was one of a chain of around 800 fortifications built by the Aghlabid dynasty along the Tunisian coast.
- Kasbah. The Kasbah's 30-meter-high Khalaf al Fata watchtower (named after its builder), built in CE 859, is recognized as one of the oldest and best preserved examples of its type still standing in North Africa.
- Sousse Archaeological Museum. This excellent museum, inside the Kasbah, contains the largest collection of antiquities in the country after Tunis' Bardo Museum.
Sousse, town located in east-central Tunisia. It is an important port and commercial centre that originated as the Phoenician settlement of Hadrumetum. Used by Hannibal as his base during the Second Punic War (218–201 bce), Sousse changed its allegiance during the Third Punic War (149–146 bce) and consequently gained the status of a free town.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sometimes called "the Pearl of the Sahel" (referring to the central section of Tunisia's eastern shoreline), Sousse is prized for its excellent beaches. Arab-Islamic since the 7th century AD, the city has many fascinating attractions, like the 9th-century Great Mosque, and its medina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Directions. Satellite. Photo Map. Sousse is one of the older cities in Tunisia, possessing an authentic medina, which has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mapcarta, the open map.
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Sousse. Tunisia's third-biggest city has three major drawcards: long sandy Boujaffar Beach, the Unesco-protected Aghlabid-era medina and the small but superb Sousse Archaeological Museum. All are visited and enjoyed as much by locals as they are by tourists.
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