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Ben Arous | |
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  Ben Arous Location in Tunisia | |
| Coordinates:36°44′50″N10°20′0″E / 36.74722°N 10.33333°E /36.74722; 10.33333 | |
| Country |  Tunisia |
| Governorate | Ben Arous Governorate |
| Delegation(s) | Ben Arous |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mohamed Mezoughi (Ennahda) |
| Population (2014[1]) | |
• Total | 96,606 |
| Time zone | UTC1 (CET) |
Ben Arous (Tunisian Arabic:بن عروسBen ʿArūsⓘ) is a city in north-easternTunisia, part the agglomeration ofTunis, also calledGrand Tunis. It is located south of Tunis city center and is the capital of theBen Arous Governorate.
East Ben Arous is on the Sidi Fathallah Plain, and is named after Muslim saintSidi Ben Arous who died in 1444. It is known in legend as a site for curing femaleinfertility. A farm was laid out on the plain where Sousse Road is planned to be built. The Sidi Fathallah Plain is the site where the battle ofAd Decimum was fought. This battle was the beginning of the end of the domination by the Byzantine Army GeneralBelisarius, on September 13, 523 AD.
As Tunisia was aFrench protectorate from (1881–1956), during this time North Ben Arous was renamedFochville and was the home of many employees of theTunisian Railway Firm Company, whose stores were on what is now the Sidi Fathallah Plain. However, south Ben Arous was mainly inhabited by businessmen from Tunis who were French merchants and immigrants. Northeast Ben Arous was well known for its agriculture, and was famous for wines, grapes, vegetables, fruit and other produce.
Today Ben Arous is primarily an industrial zone with food and railway factories.[2]
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