Salakta
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Place details
- Locality
- سلقطة
- Region
- ولاية المهدية
- Country
- تونس
- Population
- 3,477
- Timezone
- Africa/Tunis
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.official_name
- Salakta
- Settlement.native_name
- سلقطة
- Settlement.nickname
- Sullecthum
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tunisie Site Salakta.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Salakta.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Tunisia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Tunisia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Tunisia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Mahdia Governorate
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2004
- Settlement.population_total
- 3,477
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Tunisia
- Located in
- delegation of Ksour Essef
- Image
- Tunisie Site Salakta.jpg
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- Salakta
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Description
- History
- Archaeological remains
- Tourism
- Bishopric
- References
Salakta is a small Tunisian village situated by the sea.
Salakta has been occupied or ruled by many civilisations, including the Phoenicians, Byzantines, Romans, and Muslim Oubéidines. The attractions include a beach, catacombs, an ancient cemetery and a museum. It is in Salakta that the mosaics "Lion" (with huge proportions, and which is displayed in the Bardo National Museum) was found.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salakta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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