Country Tunisia Time zone CET (UTC1) Local time Saturday 11:34 PM | Governorate Ariana Area 542 km² | |
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Weather 10°C, Wind SW at 13 km/h, 82% Humidity |
Aryanah (Tunisian Arabic: أريانة Ariana) is a coastal city in north-eastern Tunisia, part the agglomeration of Tunis, also called "Grand Tunis". It is located at the north of Tunis city center, around 36°51′45″N 10°11′44″E. It is the capital of Ariana Governorate and the country's eighth largest city.
Map of Ariana, Tunisia
The city's name seems to date back to the period of the Vandal kingdom in Africa: the Vandals, in fact, were of Arian faith.
The city's origins date back to Ziriti. Under the Hafsid sultan Muhammad I al-Mustansir Ariana became the residence of the Sephardic Jewish aristocracy and Muslim Andalusian, who sought refuge in Tunisia in the thirteenth century.
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Aryanah Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA