Zarzis

Zarzis

Zarzis
جرجيس
Zarzis is located in Tunisia
Zarzis
Coordinates: 33°30′N 11°7′E / 33.5°N 11.117°E / 33.5; 11.117Coordinates: 33°30′N 11°7′E / 33.5°N 11.117°E / 33.5; 11.117
Country Tunisia
Governorates Médenine Governorate
Population (2004)
 - Total 70,859
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Zarzis (Arabic: جرجيس‎) is a coastal town in southeastern Tunisia, on the coast of Mediterranean Sea. The climate is mainly dry and sunny, making it a popular tourist destination mixing the old and the traditional. It has a major port where a park of economic activities is based. In fact this very port is of major importance and played a very crucial role throughout the history of Zarzis, to the Phoenician, Romans and Arabs the port was of strategic importance.

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The local economy is diverse—agriculture, mainly olives, oil and tourism.


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