Carthage قرطاج | |
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 Partial view of the modern municipality from Amilcar inSidi Bou Said | |
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| Coordinates:36°51′18″N10°19′50″E / 36.85500°N 10.33056°E /36.85500; 10.33056 | |
| Country |  Tunisia |
| Governorate | Tunis Governorate |
| Delegation(s) | Carthage |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hayet Bayoudh(Tahya Tounes) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Omar Fendri |
| Area | |
• Total | 180 km2 (69 sq mi) |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
• Total | 24,216 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (350/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| Postal code | 1000 |
| Website | www |
Carthage (/ˈkɑːrθɪdʒ/KAR-thij;Arabic:قرطاج,romanized: Qarṭāj) is a commune inTunis Governorate,Tunisia. It is named for, and includes in its area, thearchaeological site ofCarthage.
Established in 1919, Carthage is some 15 km to the east-northeast ofTunis, situated between the towns ofSidi Bou Said to the north andLe Kram to the south. It is reached from Tunis by the R23 road viaLa Goulette, or by the N9 road viaTunis–Carthage International Airport.
The population as of January 2013 was estimated at 21,277,[2] mostly attracting the more wealthy residents.[3]TheCarthage Palace (the Tunisian presidential palace) is located on the coast.[4]
Carthage has six train stations of theTGM line between Le Kram and Sidi Bou Said: Carthage Salammbo (named for theancient children's cemetery where it stands), Carthage Byrsa (named forByrsa hill), Carthage Dermech (Dermèche), Carthage Hannibal (named forHannibal), Carthage Présidence (named for thePresidential Palace) and Carthage Amilcar (named forHamilcar).
Roman Carthage was destroyed following theMuslim invasion of 698, and it remained under the control of the Arabs and laterOttoman rule for more than a thousand years (being replaced in the function of regional capital by theMedina of Tunis), until the establishment of theFrench protectorate of Tunisia in 1881.
The cathedral ofSt. Louis of Carthage was built onByrsa hill in 1884.In 1885,Pope Leo XIII acknowledged the revivedArchdiocese of Carthage as theprimatial see ofAfrica andCharles Lavigerie as primate.[5][6] European-style villas were built along the beach beginning in 1906; one such villa was chosen byHabib Bourguiba as the presidential palace in 1960.
The municipality was created by a decree of theBey of Tunis on 15 June 1919,[7] during the rule ofNaceur Bey.
Construction on theTunis–Carthage International Airport, which was fully funded by France, began in 1944, and in 1948 the airport become the main hub forTunisair.
In the 1950s, the Lycée Français de Carthage was established to serve French families in Carthage. In 1961, it was given to the Tunisian government as a part of theIndependence of Tunisia, so the nearby Collège Maurice Cailloux inLa Marsa, previously an annex of the Lycée Français de Carthage, was renamed to the Lycée Français de La Marsa and began serving thelycée level. It is currently theLycée Gustave Flaubert.[8]
After Tunisian independence in 1956, the Tunis conurbation gradually extended around the airport, and Carthage is now a suburb of Tunis.[9][10]
In February 1985,Ugo Vetere, the mayor of Rome, andChedli Klibi, the mayor of Carthage, signed a symbolic treaty "officially" ending the conflict between their cities, which had been supposedlyextended by the lack of a peace treaty for more than 2,100 years.[11]
The office of mayor was held by Chedli Klibi from 1963 to 1990, by Fouad Mebazaa from 1995 to 1998 and by Sami Tarzi from 2003 to 2011, and by Azedine Beschaouch from 2011.[12]The monumentalMalik ibn Anas mosque(alsoEl Abidine mosque;(جامع مالك بن أنس (سابقا جامع العابدين) )), built on an area of three hectares onOdéon hill, was inaugurated in 2003.[13]
Jackson, Samuel Macauley, ed. (1910)."Lavigerie, Charles Martial Allemand".New Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. Vol. 6 (third ed.). London and New York: Funk and Wagnalls. p. 425.In 1964, the episcopal see of Carthage had to be de-established again, in a compromise reached with the government ofHabib Bourguiba, which permitted the Catholic Church inTunisia to retain legal personality and representation by theprelatenullius of Tunis...
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