Ben Arous ( aeb, بن عروس ') is a city in north-eastern

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, part the agglomeration of

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, also called "Grand Tunis". It is located south of Tunis city center and is the capital of the

Ben Arous Governorate Ben Arous Governorate ( ' ) is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is in the north-east of Tunisia and adjoins smaller Tunis Governorate. It covers an area of 761 km² and had a population of 712,172 as at the 2019 census.

Information about Ben Arous

East Ben Arous is on the Sidi Fathallah Plain, and is named after Muslim saint

Sidi Ben Arous Ahmed ben Arous, ''full name: Abu al-Abbas Ahmed Ben Abdallah ben Abu Bakr al-Houari'', aeb, أحمد بن عروس; (c. 1376–21 October 1436) was a Tunisian Wali, religious leader and founder of the Arousia Tariqa. Life He was born in Tunis, ...

who died in 1444. It is known in legend as a site for curing female

infertility Infertility is the inability of a person, animal or plant to reproduce by natural means. It is usually not the natural state of a healthy adult, except notably among certain eusocial species (mostly haplodiploid insects). It is the normal st ...

. A farm was laid out on the plain where Sousse Road is planned to be built. The Sidi Fathallah Plain is the site where the battle of

Ad Decimum The Battle of Ad Decimum took place on September 13, 533 between the armies of the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, and the Byzantine Empire, under the command of General Belisarius. This event and events in the following year are sometimes ...

was fought. This battle was the beginning of the end of the domination by the Byzantine Army General

Belisarius Belisarius (; el, Βελισάριος; The exact date of his birth is unknown. – 565) was a military commander of the Byzantine Empire under the emperor Justinian I. He was instrumental in the reconquest of much of the Mediterranean terr ...

, on September 13, 523 AD. As Tunisia was a French protectorate from (1881–1956), during this time North Ben Arous was renamed Fochville and was the home of many employees of the Tunisian Railway Firm Company, whose stores were on what is now the Sidi Fathallah Plain. However, south Ben Arous was mainly inhabited by businessmen from Tunis who were French merchants and immigrants. Northeast Ben Arous was well known for its agriculture, and was famous for wines, grapes, vegetables, fruit and other produce. Today Ben Arous is primarily an industrial zone with food and railway factories.

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Populated places in Ben Arous Governorate Communes of Tunisia {{Tunisia-geo-stub