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|leader_name = Mohamed Bechir Souli<ref>https://www.tap.info.tn/fr/Elections-Municipales-2018/10338995-tozeur-municipales</ref> |
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'''El Hamma du Jérid''' is a town and commune in the [[Tozeur Governorate]], [[Tunisia]]. As of 2004 it had a population of 6,259.<ref>{{ |
'''El Hamma du Jérid''' is a town and commune in the [[Tozeur Governorate]], [[Tunisia]]. As of 2004, it had a population of 6,259 inhabitants.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.ins.nat.tn/fr/rgph2.1.commune.php?code_modalite=24462&Code_indicateur=0301007&Submit3=Envoyer Recensement de 2004 (Institut national de la statistique)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924035431/http://www.ins.nat.tn/fr/rgph2.1.commune.php?code_modalite=24462&Code_indicateur=0301007&Submit3=Envoyer |date=2015-09-24 }}</ref> |
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==Geography== |
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El Hamma of Jerid or El Hamma of Djerid (Arabic: حامة الجريد) is a town located nine kilometers north of Tozeur in the Jerid region at 34 ° 00 'North, 8 ° 09' East. It is near the [[Chot Jerid]]. |
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El Hamma is an oasis whose palm grove is exploited since Roman times as evidenced by the ruins located at a place called Guebbech (ڤباش). It was fed by twenty sources including six hot springs; the water is [[chlorinate]]d, [[sodium]] and [[sulphur]]ous for some of them (37-40 ° C). Not long ago, people came again to take baths. Today these springs are fed by modern deep boreholes. The water that comes out is of higher temperature (75 ° C) 3. |
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File:Sahara close to Tozeur (Tunisia).jpg |Sahara desert near close to El Hamma (Tunisia) |
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File:Tozeur Chebbi.jpg| Desert near El Hamma with a sculpture of the national poet Abou el Kacem Chebbi au belvédère |
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In the 1930s the [[national poet]] of [[Tunisia]], Abu el Kacem Chebbi, would vacation Here.<ref>http://www.khayma.com/salehzayadneh/poets/shabbi/shabbi%20nobzah.htm</ref> |
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==Economics== |
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Palm plantations dominate the area.<ref> Vincent Battesti, Jardins au désert : évolution des pratiques et savoirs oasiens, Jérid tunisien, (Paris, IRD, 2005) p. 261 </ref>There are about 700 hectares and has about 110,000 palm trees of many different cultivars. Today Today the modern palm groves of El Hamma, created in the twentieth century, only have [[date palm]] cultivar producing dates. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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El Hamma du Jérid
حامة الجريد | |
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| Country |  Tunisia |
| Governorate | Tozeur Governorate |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
El Hamma du Jérid is a town and commune in the Tozeur Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004, it had a population of 6,259 inhabitants.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ (in French) Recensement de 2004 (Institut national de la statistique) Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
34°01′14″N 8°10′37″E / 34.0205°N 8.17692°E
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