Sakiet Sidi Youssef
Sakiet Sidi Youssef (Tunisian Arabic: ساقية سيدي يوسف) is a town and commune in the Kef Governorate, Tunisia, near the border with Algeria. As of 2004 it had a population of 6,196.[1]
Sakiet Sidi Youssef
ساقية سيدي يوسف | |
|---|---|
Commune and town | |
| Country |  Tunisia |
| Governorate | Kef Governorate |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 6,339 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
History
Roman historian Livy says that the Battle of Zama at the conclusion of the Second Punic War in 202 BCE took place near Naraggara, present-day Sakiet Sidi Youssef.[2]
In 1958, it was bombarded by French forces in the belief that it was serving as a refuge for Algerian independence fighters, an event that sparked an international outcry and helped precipitate the end of the Algerian War.[3]
See also
References
- (in French) Recensement de 2004 (Institut national de la statistique) Archived 2015-11-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth, Esther Eidinow (editors), Oxford Classical Dictionary (Oxford University Press 2012, ISBN 978-0-19954556-8)
- (in French) Hédi Baccouche, L'agression française contre Sakiet Sidi-Youssef : les faits et les suites, éd. Université de la Manouba, La Manouba, 2008
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