Sbeitla

Sbeitla ( ') is a small town in west-central Tunisia. Nearby are the Roman ruins of Sufetula''', containing the best preserved Roman forum temples in the country. It was the entry point of the Muslim conquest of North Africa.

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Settlement.official_name: Sbeitla
Settlement.image_skyline: Sbeitla_10.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.image_caption: Arch of Diocletian
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: Kasserine Governorate
Settlement.leader_title1: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name1: Fayçal Remili
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.area_total_km2: 1133.5
Settlement.population_as_of: 2022
Settlement.population_total: 38,895
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities

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Culture
Museums
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Economy
Agricultural
Petroleum industries
Handicraft
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Notable people
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Sbeitla is the capital of the largest delegation in Kasserine Governorate with an area of 1133.5 km2. It is located in 33 km in the west of the governorate, and 264 km to Tunis. It has a population of 23,844 (2014 estimate). Sbeitla is mentioned in Norman Douglas's Fountains in the Sand as being wooded by junipers and Aleppo pines as late as the 19th century, though he found them "bleak and bare" in the early 20th century.

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