ancient ruins
Carthage
The ruins of the once-mighty Phoenician and later Roman city near modern Tunis, featuring Punic harbors, Roman baths, villas, and the Tophet sanctuary.
18 km · about 20 min drive
AfricaTunisiaBen Arous Governorate
El Mourouj
Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia · Africa
About El Mourouj
El Mourouj is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Fouchana, 18km from Carthage.
El Mourouj is in Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia, with about 100,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Fouchana, about 4 km away.
El Mourouj (Arabic: المروج, romanized: el-Murūj) is a town and commune in the southern suburbs of Tunis in the Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia. It became a commune in 1991. It has 120,732 inhabitants as of 2022, compared to 81,986 in 2004, making it the most populous commune in the Ben Arous Governorate. It is the seatRead more
of El Mourouj Delegation. The delegation, divided into five districts (numbered 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6), has a main axis; the Avenue des Martyrs, which divides it into two parts from north to south. Exceptionally, El Mourouj 2 is part of Tunis Governorate.
The town was built in the 1980s to absorb and organize the growth of population, it had been planned since 1977 and intended to accommodate 130,000 inhabitants. The delegation was created on May 31, 1991.
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Within an hour or so of El Mourouj: Carthage (18 km), Sidi Bou Said (21 km).
Where is El Mourouj?
El Mourouj is in Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia, about 4 km from Fouchana.
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- Population
- 104,538
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Tunisia
- Region
- Ben Arous Governorate
- Timezone
- Africa/Tunis
- Coordinates
- 36.7136, 10.2096
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Worth the detour from El Mourouj
2 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Sidi Bou Said
A clifftop village above the Gulf of Tunis painted entirely blue and white after Rodolphe d'Erlanger popularised the scheme in the 1920s. Bougainvillea-hung lanes climb to terrace cafés overlooking the Mediterranean.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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