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El Kef Travel Guide: 40 reviews and 112 photos

SO WHAT EL KEF ACTUALLY IS, OR AN OFFICIAL VIEW

El Kef, or Le Kef - town, northwestern Tunisia. The town is situated at an elevation of 2,559 feet (780 m) on the slopes of the Haut (high) Tell, 22 miles (35 km) from the Algerian border. It occupies the site of an ancient Carthaginian town and later Roman colony—Sicca Veneria. El-Kef (“The Rock”) was an important stronghold during Turkish rule and is now a regional marketplace and strategic road junction on the route to Algeria. There are remains of a rampart, Roman baths, and a temple, as well as large cisterns below the Turkish Casbah (citadel), which crowns a rocky hill in the town's centre. El-Kef is surrounded by a region of grain and cattle raising and mining. Inhabitants of this area include sedentary groups of Berbers. Pop. (1984) 34,509. This description comes from Britannica 2003

Intro Updated Sep 23, 2003
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Pablos_new Sep 29, 2003 at 9:48 AM

Very nice picture, Masha! Are there any more destinations on Tunisia map, that are not covered by you? ;-)))))