Zaghouan

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subdivision_type2Delegation(s)
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subdivision_name4
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leader_name1Tarek Zoughari (Independent)
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postal_code_type1100
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Zaghouan or Zaghwan (, ; ) is a town in the northern half of Tunisia.

Situated on a low ridge of the Dorsale Mountains, the town has a mild climate and presents a green aspect. Cold water from here was taken by the Zaghouan Aqueduct to Carthage. The town is famous for its roses, originally cultivated by Muslim refugees from Spain in the seventeenth century. The town is located around 60 km due south of Tunis and around 50 km inland (west) from the Gulf of Hammamet and has an estimated population of around 20,837 (2014). It is the capital of the Zaghouan Governorate.

On the mountain south of the city is the Roman Water Temple Djebel Zaghouan (Temple de Eaux), source of an aqueduct which used to take water to the city of Carthage over 100 km away. The ruins here are illustrated in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1840, as 'Temple and Fountain of Zagwhan', the painting being by Sir Greenville Temple with a poetical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.

Ecclesiastical history

Etymology

The etymology of "Zaghouan" is thought to derive from the Andalusian Arabic إِسْطَوَان (Isṭawán), which in turn comes from the Arabic أُسْطُوَانَة (usṭuwānah) meaning 'pillar'. This origin is linked to the settlement of Andalusian Moors in the area at the beginning of the 17th century. In Spanish, the term zaguán refers to a hallway or vestibule, typically serving as a transitional space between the exterior and interior of a building.

However, Zaghouan is the presumed site of the ancient city of Zica or Ziqua, which may have been the source of the modern name. The city was among the many of sufficient importance in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis to become a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan of Carthage, in the papal sway, yet was to fade completely, probably at the seventh century advent of Islam.

Its historically documented bishops were :

Climate

|location = Zaghouan (1991–2020, extremes 1953–2017) |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan record high C = 27.5 |Feb record high C = 31.5 |Mar record high C = 35.6 |Apr record high C = 39.9 |May record high C = 43.3 |Jun record high C = 47.6 |Jul record high C = 48.0 |Aug record high C = 46.5 |Sep record high C = 42.8 |Oct record high C = 41.0 |Nov record high C = 30.5 |Dec record high C = 31.5 |year record high C = 48.0 |Jan high C = 15.8 |Feb high C = 16.3 |Mar high C = 19.2 |Apr high C = 22.3 |May high C = 27.3 |Jun high C = 32.5 |Jul high C = 35.7 |Aug high C = 36.0 |Sep high C = 31.0 |Oct high C = 26.6 |Nov high C = 21.0 |Dec high C = 16.9 |year high C = 25.1 |Jan mean C = 10.8 |Feb mean C = 10.9 |Mar mean C = 13.2 |Apr mean C = 16.0 |May mean C = 20.2 |Jun mean C = 24.7 |Jul mean C = 27.6 |Aug mean C = 28.2 |Sep mean C = 24.7 |Oct mean C = 20.7 |Nov mean C = 15.7 |Dec mean C = 11.9 |year mean C = 18.7 |Jan low C = 5.7 |Feb low C = 5.5 |Mar low C = 7.3 |Apr low C = 9.7 |May low C = 13.1 |Jun low C = 16.8 |Jul low C = 19.5 |Aug low C = 20.4 |Sep low C = 18.4 |Oct low C = 14.9 |Nov low C = 10.4 |Dec low C = 7.0 |year low C = 12.4 |Jan record low C = -3.0 |Feb record low C = -2.0 |Mar record low C = -2.2 |Apr record low C = 0.4 |May record low C = 3.0 |Jun record low C = 6.5 |Jul record low C = 9.5 |Aug record low C = 10.4 |Sep record low C = 7.3 |Oct record low C = 5.0 |Nov record low C = 0.1 |Dec record low C = -3.0 |year record low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 64.5 |Feb precipitation mm = 42.6 |Mar precipitation mm = 45.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 45.0 |May precipitation mm = 27.7 |Jun precipitation mm = 10.3 |Jul precipitation mm = 4.5 |Aug precipitation mm = 19.2 |Sep precipitation mm = 49.2 |Oct precipitation mm = 48.3 |Nov precipitation mm = 43.5 |Dec precipitation mm = 59.4 |year precipitation mm = 459.5 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 6.6 |Feb precipitation days = 6.4 |Mar precipitation days = 5.6 |Apr precipitation days = 5.6 |May precipitation days = 3.7 |Jun precipitation days = 1.6 |Jul precipitation days = 0.5 |Aug precipitation days = 2.1 |Sep precipitation days = 5.4 |Oct precipitation days = 4.8 |Nov precipitation days = 5.3 |Dec precipitation days = 6.8 |year precipitation days = 54.4 |Jan humidity = 75.0 |Feb humidity = 75.0 |Mar humidity = 71.8 |Apr humidity = 66.9 |May humidity = 62.9 |Jun humidity = 56.4 |Jul humidity = 50.8 |Aug humidity = 53.4 |Sep humidity = 62.8 |Oct humidity = 67.6 |Nov humidity = 70.8 |Dec humidity = 72.7 |year humidity = |Jan sun = 154.6 |Feb sun = 164.1 |Mar sun = 211.3 |Apr sun = 230.6 |May sun = 279.0 |Jun sun = 306.7 |Jul sun = 345.2 |Aug sun = 322.4 |Sep sun = 240.1 |Oct sun = 211.1 |Nov sun = 168.7 |Dec sun = 147.2 |year sun = |source 1 = Institut National de la Météorologie (humidity 1961-1990, sun 1981–2010){{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191219211209/http://data.transport.tn/dataset/9e1ed3a1-69f5-4ef9-a05e-daa8126fdb7c/resource/acf0d32e-92b3-4247-9281-1b3a1587d23f/download/normales_1981_2010.txt | archive-date = 19 December 2019 | url = http://data.transport.tn/dataset/9e1ed3a1-69f5-4ef9-a05e-daa8126fdb7c/resource/acf0d32e-92b3-4247-9281-1b3a1587d23f | title = Les normales climatiques en Tunisie entre 1981 2010 | publisher = Ministère du Transport | language = fr | access-date = 26 December 2019}}{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191221032155/http://data.transport.tn/dataset/c8d4b465-056c-41e2-a666-05160d19784e/resource/3d38ac83-8a3c-4207-b327-9684131292b3/download/normales_1961_1990.txt | archive-date = 21 December 2019 | url = http://data.transport.tn/dataset/normales-climatiques-en-tunisie-entre-1961-1990/resource/3d38ac83-8a3c-4207-b327-9684131292b3 | title = Données normales climatiques 1961-1990 | publisher = Ministère du Transport | language = fr | access-date = 26 December 2019}}{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191221032448/http://data.transport.tn/dataset/b19bf5d3-5f47-43a3-befc-80a4f4f1d267/resource/0f4ff280-9f86-4e4f-bc18-29df886c2a30/download/extremes.txt | archive-date = 21 December 2019 | url = http://data.transport.tn/dataset/extremes-climatiques-en-tunisie/resource/0f4ff280-9f86-4e4f-bc18-29df886c2a30 | title = Les extrêmes climatiques en Tunisie | publisher = Ministère du Transport | language = fr | access-date = 26 December 2019}} |source 2 =NOAA | url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-1-WMO-Normals-9120/Tunisia/CSV/ZaghouanMogran_60729.csv | title = Climate Normals 1991-2020 | website = NOAA.gov | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | access-date = 18 September 2018}}

Gallery

File:Zaghouan 1900.jpg|Postcard of Zaghouan in 1900 Image:TUNISIE ZAGHOUAN 01.JPG|Zaghouan in Tunisia Image:Tunisie_Parc_de_Djebel_Zaghouan.jpg|Tunisie Parc on Djebel Zaghouan

Notes

References

References

  2. Landon, Letitia Elizabeth. (1840). "Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1841". Fisher, Son & Co.}} {{cite book.
  3. (30 May 2013). "The Roman Agricultural Economy: Organization, Investment, and Production". OUP Oxford.
  4. "Période ensoleillée 1981-2010 climatiques en Tunisie". Ministère du Transport.
  5. "Réseau des stations météorologiques synoptiques de la Tunisie". Ministère du Transport.

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