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El Kef
Kef Governorate, Tunisia · Africa
About El Kef
El Kef sits on the route: 25 minutes from Nibbar.
El Kef is in Kef Governorate, Tunisia, with about 54,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Nibbar, about 14 km away.
El Kef (Arabic: الكاف ), is a city in northwestern Tunisia. It serves as the capital of the Kef Governorate.
El Kef is situated 175 kilometres (109 mi) to the west of Tunis and some 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of the border between Algeria and Tunisia. It has a population of 45,191 (2004 census). The old town is builtRead more
on the cliff face of the table-top Jebel Dyr mountain. El Kef was the provisional capital of Tunisia during World War II. It was the command centre of the Front de Libération Nationale during the Algerian War of Independence against the French in the 1950s.
The Sidi Bou Makhlouf Mausoleum entombs the patron saint of the city.
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El Kef is in Kef Governorate, Tunisia, about 14 km from Nibbar.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 53,596
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Tunisia
- Region
- Kef Governorate
- Timezone
- Africa/Tunis
- Coordinates
- 36.1742, 8.7049
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