Skhira

Skhira () is a coastal town in

Sfax Governorate Sfax ( '; ) is one of the governorates of Tunisia. The governorate has a population of 1,047,468 (2024) and an area of 7,545 km2. Its capital is Sfax. It is along the east coast of Tunisia, and includes the Kerkennah Islands. Administrative ...

, central-eastern

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 ...

. It is located at around . It lies on the coast of the

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. It has a large

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for pipelines coming from the Tunisian and

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

n oilfields. The old village grew in the late nineteenth century as the centre of the export trade in

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, used in the manufacture of

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. Populated places in Sfax Governorate Populated coastal places in Tunisia Communes of Tunisia {{Tunisia-geo-stub