Kalaat es Senam

Kalaat es Senam, Kalaat Senan, or Kalâat Snan (Tunisian Arabic: قلعة سنان) is a town in western Tunisia in the Kef Governorate. It is the administrative center of Kalaat Senan Delegation and had 15,621 inhabitants (As of 2014 census).[1] The town is a market town for the agriculture in the area, where wheat and oats are grown and cattle and sheep are grazed.

Jugurtha Tableland

Kalaat es Senam is named after the nearby fortress (qalat) built upon the Jugurtha Tableland (a mesa).

Notes
  1. "Résultats du Recensement 2004: Gouvernorat: Le Kef" Institute National de la Statistique - Tunisie Archived 2015-11-28 at the Wayback Machine, in French

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