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Central Tunisia contains the Sousse-Monastir region, also
called the Sahel; the holy city of Kairouan; Sheitla (pictured)
and El Djem, the best preserved and most important Roman
ruins in the country; the city of Sfax and the islands of
Kerkennah.
The Sahel is the most densely populated region of Tunisia.
White villages dot the landscape, and the hills and plains
of the Sahel bristles with groves of olive, pomegranate
and almond trees. The hills slope towards the sea where
they end in wide sandy beaches. The region has a long history
going back to Roman and sometimes Punic times.
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