SOUSSE
The third largest city, Sousse, the "Pearl of the Sahel", is ancient. Founded by the Phoenicians, Hadrumetum has quickly risen to the third Punic cities, after Carthage and Utica. In the Roman times it was, for a time, the capital of Byzacena Roman province constituted by the Sahel and central Tunisia. At the beginning of the Arab conquest, it is the port of Kairouan. Today it is the capital of the Tunisian Sahel. This is a very active industrial center, textile, mechanical and electrical industries, building materials ... It is one of the most important tourist centers of the country .
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