Ghomrassen

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Ghomrassen

Ghomrassen
غمراسن
Ghomrassen is located in Tunisia
Ghomrassen
Coordinates: 33°03′33″N 10°20′24″E / 33.05917°N 10.34°E / 33.05917; 10.34Coordinates: 33°03′33″N 10°20′24″E / 33.05917°N 10.34°E / 33.05917; 10.34
Country Tunisia
Governorates Tataouine Governorate
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Ghomrassen (Arabic: غمراسن‎) is a city in Tataouine Governorate, Tunisia. It is situated 25 km from Tataouine and 40 km from Medenine.

Geography

The city, located about 500 km south of the capital Tunis and surrounded by mountains, is built on the site of an ancient oasis. The majority of irrigation wells, and the oasis, disappeared with the urban development of the city.

The average temperature is 22° C and annual rainfall varies between 88 and 157 millimeters.

Administratively, the city is divided into several sectors or Imad, whose authority is embodied by the omda, which can be both urban and rural areas.

The city is divided into several districts: Ennasr, where the new hospital, a primary school and a mosque sometimes considered the most luxurious historic city, Ennakhil, the neighborhood where the Lyceum of March 2, 1934 and a mosque, Al Anwar, a residential area north of the city, and El Jadid.

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