Gafsa (or Qafsah; Arabic: قفصة‎) is a capital city of Gafsa Governorate. It gave its name to the Mesolithic Capsian culture. The Arabic language ( ), or simply Arabic ( ), is the largest member of the family of Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic. ... Gafsa Governorate Gafsa Governorate (Arabic:ولاية قفصة) is one of the twenty-four governorates (provinces) of Tunisia. ... The Mesolithic (Greek mesos=middle and lithos=stone or the Middle Stone Age) was a period in the development of human technology between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods of the Stone Age. ... The Capsian culture (named after the town of Gafsa) was a Neolithic culture of the Maghreb. ...

The city has 90,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate),It is the capital of Gafsa governorate with 340,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate) and an area of 8,990 km². Contemporary Gafsa is a modern town, and the centre of the Djerid area's important phosphate industry. Of note are the Roman baths, still used today. The city lies 369 km by road south-west of Tunis. Its geographical coordinates are 34°25′N 8°47′E.The climate of Gafsa is characterized by cool nights and hot days and tempertaures can sometimes dip below 10 degrees centigrade in winter months, there is occasional snowfall in the region. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... el-Djerid or al-Jarid (Arabic الجريد, meaning palm leaf) is the medieval name for the semidesert region comprising southern Tunisia and adjacent parts of Algeria and Libya, including several chotts or salt lakes (notably Chott el Djerid in Algeria). ... Above is a ball-and-stick model of the inorganic hydrogenphosphate anion (HPO42−). Colour coding: P (orange); O (red); H (white). ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ...

In 1980 January 27 about 300 Tunisian exiles coming from Libya, occupied the town as an act against the government of Habib Bourguiba and because of dissatisfaction in the region as they said, 48 people were killed in battles.

External links

• Gafsa - The Historical Oasis
• Gafsa travel guide