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Sfax

(sfæks)

(Placename) a port in E Tunisia, on the Gulf of Gabès: the second largest town in Tunisia; commercial centre of a phosphate region. Pop: 570 000 (2005 est)

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Sfax

(sfɑks)

n.

a seaport in E Tunisia, in N Africa. 231,911.

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Sfax - the second largest city in Tunisia; located in eastern Tunisia near a phosphate region

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Republic of Tunisia, Tunisia - a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from France in 1956; "southern Tunisia is mostly desert"

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Une patrouille de la Garde nationale de Sfax, principale ville du sud de Tunisie, a interpelle dans la nuit de jeudi a vendredi un groupe de migrants clandestins subsahariens qui s'appretaient a franchir illegalement la frontiere maritime pour se rendre en Italie, a-t-on appris de source securitaire.

Tunisie: Interpellation de 28 migrants subsahariens clandestins

Sfax courts spokesperson Mourad Turki told TAP security officials in the Sfax region raided a house in the Sidi Mansour area where 51 Sub-Saharan Africans were residing, adding investigation revealed they intended to illegally cross the Tunisian maritime border to Italy.

Ivorian nationals still stranded at Tunisian-Libyan border (association)

Movenpick Hotels & Resort is set to take over a contemporary hotel in the coastal city of Sfax, Tunisia, marking its fourth hotel in the country.

Movenpick to reflag hotel in Sfax, Tunisia

Summary: The ME[micro]venpick hotel chain will expand in Tunisia with a presence in the coastal city of Sfax. The Swiss chain has signed an agreement with the Southern Tourism Company to

Tunisia: 4th ME[micro]venpick hotel will be in Sfax

ME[micro]venpick Hotels & Resorts is set to cement its stronghold in Tunisia with the take over of a contemporary hotel in the coastal city of Sfax.

ME[micro]venpick Hotels & Resorts to Raise Its Fourth Flag in Tunisia With Takeover of Upscale Sfax Property

La ceremonie de passation du flambeau entre les deux villes de Constantine et Sfax pour le titre de capitale de la culture arabe a tenu toutes ses promesses.

La ville de Sfax prend le flambeau

TUNIS, Oct 7 (KUNA) -- Ancient Sfax city, chosen as the Arab cultural capital 2016 by Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALESCO), is considered by intellectuals in Tunisia as a perfect venue for such event.

Ancient Sfax city ... fitting venue for Arab cultural capital '16

Summary: SFAX, Tunisia: Bodies lay in the streets of the besieged Libyan city of Misrata and its hospital is overflowing with injured, an evacuee said Monday after arriving in Tunisia.

Evacuees from Libyan town describe massacre

Summary: Works of the Tunisian-Italian project of the construction of hillside dams and development of their outfalls in the region of Sfax have progressed appreciably, reaching a completion rate estimated at 70%.

Progress of Tunisian-Italian hillside dams construction project in focus

The first Research Centre for Arab and Mediterranean Medieval Studies in French-speaking North Africa has recently been founded in an unusual public library in Sfax, Tunisia.