Medenine

Medenine
Ghorfa complex in Medenine
Medenine Location in Tunisie
Coordinates: 33°21′17″N 010°30′19″E
Kintra	Tunisie
Govrenorate	Medenine
Population  (2004)
• Total	61,705
Time zone	UTC1 (CET)

Medenine (Arabic: مدنين‎) is the major toun in sootheastren Tunisie, 48 mile sooth o the port o Gabès an the Island o Djerba, on the main route tae Libie. It is the caipital ceety o Medenine Govrenorate.

Owerview

In pre-colonial, times Medenine wis awready the maist important tradin centre in the sooth, attractin merchants frae aw ower North Africae an even frae Bornu, tae the sooth o the Sahara. The Ksar hoosed the central granaries o the various nomadic Berber tribes o the region.

The area wis the scene o an unsuccessful German coonter-attack bi General Erwin Rommel as pairt o Operation Capri durin Mairch 1943 against Breetish Aicht Airmy forces. The Battle o Medenine wis Rommel's last engagement in Africae afore he wis replaced bi General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim as commander o the Afrika Korps.

In popular cultur

• Pairts o Star Wars wur filmed here.
• Medenine wis briefly mentioned in the last episode o the 2001 Canadian television series La Femme Nikita
• Medenine wis an aa mentioned in the seicont episode ("Confirmed Dead") o the fowert saison o the U.S. televeesion series Lost.

See an aa

• Hassi Amor

Freemit airtins

Media relatit tae Medenine at Wikimedia Commons

• Medenine on Wookieepedia: a Star Wars wiki
• Lexicorient Archived 2012-07-16 at the Wayback Machine