Ghardimaou

Ghardimaou

Ghardimaou station
Ghardimaou

Location in Tunisia

Coordinates: 36°27′N 8°26′E / 36.450°N 8.433°E / 36.450; 8.433
Country Tunisia
Governorate Jendouba Governorate
Population (2014)
  Total 64,170
Time zone CET (UTC1)

Ghardimaou (Tunisian Arabic: غار الدماء) is a town in the north-west of Tunisia about 192 km from Tunis. It belongs to the Jendouba Governorate. The town has about 64,000 inhabitants (64,170 in 2014). The rail line from Tunis passing along the Medjerda river ends at Ghardimou; it was built in 1878, and formerly crossed eastwards the border into Algeria. Souk Ahras, the first stop in Algeria, is 16 km away.

The museum of the "common Tunisio-Algerian Remembrance" ("mémoire commune tuniso-algérienne") was opened in 2005 and describes the national struggle for independence.

Coordinates: 36°27′N 8°26′E / 36.450°N 8.433°E / 36.450; 8.433

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