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Bizerte ( Arabic: بنزرت, romanized :BinzartTunisian Arabic pronunciation: [bɪnzɑrt] ⓘ) is a city of Bizerte Governorate in Tunisia. It is the northernmost city in Africa, located 65 km (40mil) north of the capital Tunis. It is also known as the last town to remain under French control after the rest of the country won its independence ...
The Bizerte crisis ( French: Crise de Bizerte; Arabic: أحداث بنزرت, romanized : ʾAḥdāth Bīzart) occurred in July 1961 when Tunisia imposed a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte, Tunisia, hoping to force its evacuation. The crisis culminated in a three-day battle between French and Tunisian forces that left 630 Tunisians ...
150/km 2 (390/sq mi) Time zone. UTC+01 ( CET) Postal prefix. xx. ISO 3166 code. TN-23. Bizerte Governorate ( Arabic: ولاية بنزرت Wilāyat Benzart pronounced [bɑnˈzɑrt]; French: Gouvernorat de Bizerte) is the northernmost of the 24 governorates of Tunisia. It is in northern Tunisia, approximately rectangular and having a long north ...
The Galite Islands ( Tunisian Arabic: جالطة Jalita, French: La Galite, Italian: La Galita) are a rocky group of islands of volcanic origin that belong to Bizerte Governorate, northern Tunisia. They are located 38 kilometres (24 miles) northwest of Cape Serrat, the closest point of the Tunisian mainland coast, from which they are separated ...
Coordinates: 34°N 09°E. Operations Vulcan and Strike. Part of the Tunisian campaign of the Second World War. British troops advance through Bizerte in the final offensive, 8 May 1943. Date. Vulcan: 22 April – 6 May 1943. Strike: 6–12 May 1943. Location. Tunis, Cap Bon, and Bizerte, Tunisia.
Menzel Bourguiba is an important town for economic reasons. Its economy is based mainly around metallurgy. It was founded as a naval installation under French rule, because of its strategic location between two lakes: The inland Ichkeul Lake on the west, and Bizerte Lake on the east, which connects to the Mediterranean Sea by the Bizerte canal .
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Lake Ichkeul (Arabic: بحيرة اشكل, romanized: Buḥayra ʾIshkul) is a lake in northern Tunisia, located 20 kilometres (12 miles) to Bizerte, the northernmost city in Africa on the Mediterranean Sea. The lake and wetlands of Ichkeul National Park are an important stopping-over point for hundreds of thousands of migrating birds each year.