jeudi 11 septembre 2014

Djerba- Tunisia

Djerba is a small sunny island southern Tunisia mentioned by Herodotus and sung by Homer. Djerba assume without its tourist complex. Throughout the year, the hotel clubs Djerba welcome cohorts charter tourists landed. These travelers often take the plane having seen the postcard beaches of the northeast coast and tourist stalls Houmt Souk, the capital. Too bad, because Djerba has other attractions. The island of Djerba has built, over the centuries, a powerful identity, as evidenced by its habitat and social organization.

ID card
- Capital: Houmt Souk is the capital of Djerba
- Currency: Tunisian dinar is used in Djerba, as in the rest of Tunisia.
- Day: Independence of Tunisia, March 20 (1956)
- Official Language: Arabic is spoken in Djerba and the rest of Tunisia
- Major cities: Midoun
- Religion: Islam is predominant in Djerba and the rest of Tunisia.

population
- Population: 120 000 Djerba

climate
A Djerba, the climate is mild throughout the year, temperatures never falling below 10 ° C.

geography
Djerba is a small island in south-eastern Tunisia.
Located in the Gulf of Gabes, Djerba stretches 25km long and 22km wide.
Djerba is a flat island: the highest point is the Guellala Djerba, which rises to 52 meters ...!

AREA
Djerba extends over 514 square kilometers

LENGTH OF COASTS
Djerba has a coastline of 125 km long

TYPES OF LANDSCAPE
HOUMT SOUK
The main town of Djerba has over twenty thousand inhabitants. The city lies between two north-south axis: the Avenue Habib Bourguiba, west and Avenida Abdelhamid al-Kadhi, to the east. It houses the souks, the central market and fish market. As you walk through its streets, you will discover authentic fondouks and adorable flower plots. North of the city, the Bordj el Kebir always watch over the harbor and new marina.

THE NORTHEAST COAST OF Djerba
This is the tourist area with a concentration of hotels that line up along the vast beach of Sidi Mahrès and passed the Taguermes and lighthouse along the beach Seguia up Aghir. In the interior, Midoun, the second city of Djerba (nearly seven thousand.) Attracts crowds of the hotel zone with narrow streets lined with souvenir shops.

CENTRAL AND WESTERN Djerba
In the center of the island of Djerba, Erriadh, former home of Jewish settlement houses a synagogue dating from the fifth century BC. Continuing south you will come to Guellela, a Berber village famous for its ceramics. On this side, fans will find a lot less crowded than the tourist area beaches.

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