Hammam-Lif
Hammam-Lif is a coastal town about 20 km south-east of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It has been known since antiquity for its thermal springs originating in Mount Bou Kornine.
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Key facts
• Official Name — Hammam-Lif • Native Name — حمام الأنف • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Tunisia • Subdivision Type1 — Governorate • Subdivision Name1 — Ben Arous Governorate • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Mohamed Ayari (Nidaa Tounes) • Unit Pref — Imperial • Population As Of — 2022 • Population Total — 44207 • Population Blank1 Title — Ethnicities • Population Blank2 Title — Religions • Timezone — CET • Utc Offset — 1
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Hammam-Lif is a place documented in the authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Hammam-Lif as an archaeological site. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Ben Arous as the administrative unit of Hammam-Lif.
History
History
The city was founded by Phoenicians at the foot of Jebel Boukornine. Its original name was Nar, meaning "fire" in Punic. In 1883, the French captain Ernest De Prudhomme discovered in his Hammam-lif residence the ruins of an ancient synagogue that once stood in Hammam-Lif in the 3rd-5th century, when it was part of the province of Africa Byzacena. The is earliest known synagogue from North Africa. Hammam-Lif was once the home of Italian, Greek and Jewish communities, especially before the end of the French colonial period. Hammam-Lif's most interesting site is probably Dar El Bey, which was the residence of Ali II Bey, the 4th bey of Tunis.
Sport
Sport
The local football team Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif won the Tunisian championship in 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956 and the Tunisian Cup in 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1985 and 2001.
Notable people
Notable people
• Ahmed Achour (1945–2021), conductor and composer • Wajiha Jendoubi (1960–), actress and comedian • Aly Ben Ayed (1930–1972), actor and director • Férid Boughedir (1944–), film director and screenwriter • Abdelmajid Lakhal (1939–2014), film actor and theater director • Témime Lahzami (1949–), football player • Selma Baccar (1945–), filmmaker and producer • Noureddine Kasbaoui (1931–1996), actor and director • Mouna Noureddine (1937–), actress • Walid Mattar (1980–), film director
Population
Population
2014 Census (Municipal) • Homes — Families — Males — Females — Total • 14,032 — 11,634 — 20,615 — 21,903 — 42,518
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