Henchir Bir Jedi is a town in

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. Henchir Bir Jedi is on the north coast of the

Cape Bon Cape Bon ("Good Cape"), also known as Res et-Teib (), Shrīk Peninsula, or Watan el Kibli, is a peninsula in far northeastern Tunisia. Cape Bon is also the name of the northernmost point on the peninsula, also known as Res ed-Der, and known in ant ...

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, overlooking the

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and near to Douar Zougjag, Dar el Haj Ali and Ra's Degbi Marsa. The town is about 20 kilometers east of

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, and takes its name for a series of ruins at the town. Another set of ruins at

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lies to the west of the town.

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Roman towns and cities in Tunisia Numidia (Roman provinces) {{Tunisia-geo-stub