Sidi Daoud, Tunisia

Coordinates: 37°01′12″N 10°54′36″E / 37.0200°N 10.9100°E / 37.0200; 10.9100
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Cap Bon , about ten kilometers from the city of El Haouaria
.

The village is erected on the remains of an ancient Roman city known as Missua and which had economic relations with Ostia.[1]

It has developed around two poles: the

economic activity is mainly oriented towards seasonal fishing for bluefin tuna, with quite traditional methods practiced since Antiquity.[1]

The site houses a wind farm contributing to the production of electric power.[2]

History

Sidi Daoud, Cape Bon as shown on the 4th century Roman map Tabula Peutingeriana.

During the

Africa Proconsulare
.

There was a Christian

Carthaginian council of 525. Today the diocese survives as a titular bishopric and the current bishop is Paul Vollmar, of Chur
.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Présentation de la ville de Sidi Daoud Archived 2010-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Énergie éolienne en Tunisie (Agence nationale pour la maîtrise de l'énergie) Archived 2010-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae (Leipzig, 1931), p. 467.
  4. ^ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 231.

37°01′12″N 10°54′36″E / 37.0200°N 10.9100°E / 37.0200; 10.9100