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Sousse or Soussa (Arabic: سوسة, IPA:) is a city in Tunisia, capital of the Sousse Governorate. Located 140 km (87 mi) south of the capital Tunis, the city has 271,428 inhabitants (2014). Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf of Hammamet, which is a part of the Mediterranean Sea.
Sousse Governorate (Arabic: ولاية سوسة Wilāyat Sūsah pronounced; French: Gouvernorat de Sousse) is one of the twenty-four governorates (provinces) of Tunisia.It is beside the eastern coast of Tunisia in the north-east of the country and covers an area of 2,621 km 2 and has a population of 674,971 (2014 census). [2]
As a coastal heritage site, Medina of Sousse is vulnerable to sea level rise.In 2022, the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report included it in the list of African cultural sites which would be threatened by flooding and coastal erosion by the end of the century, but only if climate change followed RCP 8.5, which is the scenario of high and continually increasing greenhouse gas emissions associated with ...
The museum is housed in the Kasbah of Sousse's Medina, which was founded in the 11th century AD. [1] It was established in 1951. The museum reopened its doors to the public in 2012, after the collections were rearranged and the edifice was renovated.
In the 9th century BC, [citation needed] Tyrians established Hadrumetum [1] as a trading post and waypoint along their trade routes to Italy and the Strait of Gibraltar.Its establishment preceded Carthage's [9] but, like other western Phoenician colonies, it became part of the Carthaginian Empire [1] following Nebuchadnezzar II 's long siege of Tyre in the 580s and 570s BC.
The Sous region (also spelt Sus, Suss, Souss or Sousse) (Arabic: سوس, romanized: sūs, Berber languages: ⵙⵓⵙ, romanized: sus) is a historical, cultural and geographical region of Morocco, which constitutes part of the region administration of Souss-Massa and Guelmim-Oued Noun.
Bou Ali Lahouar Stadium is a stadium in Hammam Sousse, Tunisia. It has a capacity of 6,500 spectators. It is the home of Espoir de Hammam Sousse of the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1. [1] During the 1965 Africa Cup of Nations, it hosted one match of Group B. The game was between Ghana and DR Congo. Ghana won the match 5–2.
The Sousse Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Sousse, Tunisia. It is used by the football team Étoile du Sahel, and was used for the 2004 African Cup of Nations. The stadium has a capacity of 50,000 [2] after the most recent renovation works. It hosts within it the meetings played by the football team of the city: Étoile Sportive ...