Tabarka
Tabarka
طبرقة | |
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  Tabarka Location in Tunisia | |
| Coordinates: 36°57′16″N 8°45′29″E / 36.95444°N 8.75806°ECoordinates: 36°57′16″N 8°45′29″E / 36.95444°N 8.75806°E | |
| Country |  Tunisia |
| Governorate | Jendouba Governorate |
| Elevation | 15.4 ft (4.7 m) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • City | 19,819 |
| • Density | 10,090/sq mi (3,894/km2) |
| • Urban | 41,293 |
| • Urban density | 80/sq mi (31/km2) |
| • Metro | 48.993 |
| • Metro density | 170/sq mi (64/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC1 (CET) |
| Postal Code | 8110 |
Tabarka (Arabic: طبرقة 
Ṭbarqa) is a coastal town located in north-western Tunisia, close to the border with Algeria. Tabarka's history is a mosaic of Berber, Punic, Hellenistic, Roman, Arabic, Genoese and Turkish culture. The town is dominated by an offshore rock on which there remains a Genoese castle. Nationalist leader Habib Bourguiba, later president of post-independence Tunisia, was exiled on Tabarka by the French colonial authorities in 1952.[1] Tourist attractions include coral fishing, the Coralis Festival of underwater photography,[2] and its annual jazz festival.[3]
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Tabarka was known to the Carthaginians as TBRKʿN (Punic: