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Ghardimaou () is a town in the north-west of Tunisia about 192 km from Tunis. It belongs to the Jendouba Governorate. The town has about 19,574 inhabitants (64,170 in 2014). The rail line from Tunis passing along the Medjerda river ends at Ghardimou; it was built in 1878, and crosses the border into Algeria to the west, having reopened in 2024. Souk Ahras, the first stop in Algeria, is 16 km away.

Key facts

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Ghardimaou
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Ghardimaou station
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Tunisia
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Location in Tunisia
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Jendouba Governorate
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Imperial
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2014
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19574
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CET
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1

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Wikidata facts

Country
Tunisia
Population
64170
Shares border with
Ouled Moumen
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Gare ghardimaou.jpg
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postal code
8160
Commons category
Ghardimaou
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Ghardimaou () is a town in the north-west of Tunisia about 192 km from Tunis. It belongs to the Jendouba Governorate. The town has about 19,574 inhabitants (64,170 in 2014). The rail line from Tunis passing along the Medjerda river ends at Ghardimou; it was built in 1878, and crosses the border into Algeria to the west, having reopened in 2024. Souk Ahras, the first stop in Algeria, is 16 km away.

The museum of the "common Tunisio-Algerian Remembrance" ("mémoire commune tuniso-algérienne") was opened in 2005 and describes the national struggle for independence.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ghardimaou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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