Sahel, Tunisia - Definition and Overview

Sahel is an area of Tunisia. It forms the central part of the eastern shore, from the south of Hammamet to Mahdia. Its main town is Sousse, called "the Pearl of the Sahel".

Celebrities

Politics

• Habib Bourguiba;
• Zine El Abidine Ben Ali;
• Mohamed Ben Salah;
• Behi Ladgham;
• Hedi Nouira;
• Mohamed Mzali;
• Bechir Sfar;
• Rachid Sfar;
• Hedi Baccouche;
• Hamed Karoui;
• Mohamed Ghannouchi;
• Mohamed Jegham;
• Habib Ammar;
• Mohamed Masmoudi;

Sciences and letters

• Yahia Ibn Omar;
• Hassan Hosni Abdelwahab;
• Tahar Guigua;
• Slaiem Ammar;
• M'hamed Hassine Fantar;
• Chedly Anouar;
• Moncef Ghachem;
• Youssef Rzouga;

Arts

• Soufia Sadok;
• Nawal Ghachem;
• Kerim Chouaïb;
• Mokhtar Laâjimi;

Sports

• Mohamed Habib Galhia;
• Habib Mougou;
• Abdelmajid Chetali;
• Othman Jenayah;
• Lotfi Hsoumi;
• Zoubaier Baya;
• Zied Jaziri;

Main towns

• Sousse;
• Monastir;
• Mahdia;
• Akouda;
• Msaken;
• Hammam Sousse;
• Sidi Bou Ali;
• Hergla;
• Kalaâ Kebira;
• Kalaâ Seghira;
• Enfidha;
• Kondar;
• Sidi El Hani;
• Takrouna;
• Mokhnine;
• Jemmal;
• Ksar Helal;
• Teboulba;
• Ouardanine;
• Sahline;
• Ksibet El Mediouni;
• Sayyada;
• Lamta;
• Bouhjar;
• Bennane;
• Beni Hassen;
• Khniss;
• Bembla;
• Zeramdine;
• Bekalta;
• Boumerdes;
• El Jem;
• Ksour Essaf;
• Sidi Alouane;
• Salakta;
• Chebba;
• Chorbane;
• Souassi;
• Ouled Chamekh;
• Hebira;
• Malloulech;
• Rejich;

Sports

The football team of Etoile Sportive du Sahel, from Sousse, is famous in Africa for having won many continental cups.