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Cap Bon is a peninsula in far northeastern Tunisia. It is located at around 36°42′0″N, 10°43′60″E. It is surrounded by Gulf of Tunis in the north. Towns located on the peninsula include Nabeul and Kelibia. Ruins of Punic town Kerkouane are located here. Gulf of Tunis is a large gulf in northeastern Tunisia. ... Nabeul is a town in northeastern Tunisia, on the south coast near to the Cap Bon peninsula. ... Kelibia Kelibia (Kélibia) is a coastal town on the Cap Bon peninsula, Nabeul province in the far northeastern part of Tunisia. ... Punic (from Latin pÅ«nicus) was a Latin version of the term Phoenician. (After the Punic Wars, Romans used this term as an adjective meaning treacherous.) In archaeological and linguistic usage, it refers to the Greco-Roman era culture and dialect of Carthage and its empire as distinct from their... Kerkouane is a Punic city in northeastern Tunisia, near Cape Bon. ...



 
 

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