Djebel Bargou.Jebel Bargou (جبل برقو) is a
mountain
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(Jebel) of
Tunisia
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...
, which rises to 1266
m altitude
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.
Location
map of Djebel Bargou topography.Located at information 36°03'36"
North
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Etymology
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, 9° 36'31"
East
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Etymology
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in north-central region of Tunisia, about twenty kilometers southeast of the town of
Siliana
Siliana ( ') is a modern farming town in northern Tunisia. It is located at around , 130 km south-west of the capital Tunis. It is the capital of the Siliana Governorate. It is located 10 kilometers away from Jama where the Battle of Zama oc ...
, it gives its name to the town situated on its northern side, a few kilometers from its peak.
It is part of
mountain range
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forming the western axis of the northern half of the Tunisian dorsal. Traditionally it marks the border of the ''tribes of the confederation of Jlass'' in the region of
Kairouan
Kairouan (, ), also spelled El Qayrawān or Kairwan ( , ), is the capital of the Kairouan Governorate in Tunisia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city was founded by the Umayyads around 670, in the period of Caliph Mu'awiya (reigned 661 ...
.
References
Bargou
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