Medenine
| Medenine | |
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| Coordinates: 33°21′17″N 010°30′19″E / 33.35472°N 10.50528°ECoordinates: 33°21′17″N 010°30′19″E / 33.35472°N 10.50528°E | |
| Kintra |  Tunisie |
| Govrenorate | Medenine |
| Indwallers (2004) | |
| - Tot | 61,705 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC1) |
Medenine (Arabic: مدنين) is the major toun in sootheastren Tunisie, 48 miles sooth o the port o Gabès an the Island o Djerba, on the main route tae Libie. It is the caipital ceety o Medenine Govrenorate.
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Owerview [edit]
In pre-colonial, times Medenine wis awready the maist important tradin centre in the sooth, attractin merchants frae aw ower North Africae an even frae Bornu, tae the sooth o the Sahara. The Ksar hoosed the central granaries o the various nomadic Berber tribes o the region.
The aurie wis the scene o an unsuccessful German coonter-attack bi General Erwin Rommel as pairt o Operation Capri durin Mairch 1943 against Breetish Aicht Airmy forces. The Battle o Medenine wis Rommel's last engagement in Africae afore he wis replaced bi General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim as commander o the Afrika Korps.
In popular cultur [edit]
- Pairts o Star Wars wur filmed here.
- Medenine wis briefly mentioned in the last episode o the 2001 Canadian television series La Femme Nikita
- Medenine wis an aa mentioned in the seicont episode ("Confirmed Dead") o the fowert saison o the U.S. televeesion series Lost.
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Media relatit tae Medenine at Wikimedia Commons
