Siliana (Tunisian Arabic: سليانة ) is a modern farming town in northern Tunisia. It is located at around 36°4′55″N 9°22′29″E / 36.08194°N 9.37472°E, 130 km south-west of the capital Tunis. It is the capital of the Siliana Governorate. It is located 4 miles away from Jama where the Battle of Zama occurred.
Siliana سليانة | |
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  Siliana Location in Tunisia | |
| Coordinates: 36°4′55″N 9°22′29″E / 36.08194°N 9.37472°E | |
| Country |  Tunisia |
| Governorate | Siliana Governorate |
| Delegation(s) | Siliana North, Siliana South |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Abdelhamid Hamami (Nidaa Tounes) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 31,251 |
| Time zone | UTC1 (CET) |
| postal code | 6100 |
Siliana Dam, is located 10 km north of the city of Siliana.
History
During the Second Punic War The battle of Zama took place ten kilometers from Siliana. There was a Roman town here during Roman Empire, it appears on the 4th century Peutinger Map.
Modern Siliana was founded in 1905.
In April 1990 the Silianian people made the first Tunisian revolution against the police, it was the first Tunisian voice ever against the government.
In November 2012, Siliana witnessed clashes between protesters for unemployment and the local police. Both Amnesty International and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay called on the authorities to end the use of "excessive force".[1]
Neighborhoods
Siliana has 17 neighborhoods
Climate
Siliana has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk). In winter there is more rainfall than in summer. The average annual temperature in Siliana is 16.9 °C (62.4 °F). About 423 mm (16.65 in) of precipitation falls annually.
| Climate data for Siliana (1991–2020, extremes 1953–2017) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.4 (77.7) | 32.6 (90.7) | 36.2 (97.2) | 36.3 (97.3) | 43.3 (109.9) | 45.8 (114.4) | 45.7 (114.3) | 46.1 (115.0) | 43.0 (109.4) | 40.0 (104.0) | 30.8 (87.4) | 31.3 (88.3) | 46.1 (115.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.4 (57.9) | 15.1 (59.2) | 18.3 (64.9) | 21.7 (71.1) | 27.2 (81.0) | 32.8 (91.0) | 36.2 (97.2) | 36.1 (97.0) | 30.5 (86.9) | 25.9 (78.6) | 19.8 (67.6) | 15.7 (60.3) | 24.5 (76.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.3 (48.7) | 9.5 (49.1) | 12.0 (53.6) | 14.8 (58.6) | 19.5 (67.1) | 24.2 (75.6) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.6 (81.7) | 23.6 (74.5) | 19.7 (67.5) | 14.3 (57.7) | 10.6 (51.1) | 17.7 (63.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.2 (39.6) | 4.0 (39.2) | 5.7 (42.3) | 7.9 (46.2) | 11.7 (53.1) | 15.7 (60.3) | 18.5 (65.3) | 19.2 (66.6) | 16.8 (62.2) | 13.4 (56.1) | 8.8 (47.8) | 5.5 (41.9) | 10.9 (51.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.5 (20.3) | −4.0 (24.8) | −4.0 (24.8) | −1.4 (29.5) | 1.0 (33.8) | 5.0 (41.0) | 10.5 (50.9) | 9.4 (48.9) | 8.0 (46.4) | 3.0 (37.4) | −2.0 (28.4) | −4.4 (24.1) | −6.5 (20.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 55.1 (2.17) | 37.2 (1.46) | 48.2 (1.90) | 42.8 (1.69) | 37.1 (1.46) | 18.4 (0.72) | 11.5 (0.45) | 25.5 (1.00) | 56.1 (2.21) | 43.2 (1.70) | 38.7 (1.52) | 40.4 (1.59) | 454.4 (17.89) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 60.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 74 | 71 | 72 | 66 | 62 | 55 | 48 | 54 | 60 | 67 | 71 | 74 | 65 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 133.3 | 151.2 | 182.9 | 207.0 | 220.1 | 252.0 | 297.6 | 282.1 | 237.0 | 195.3 | 138.0 | 130.2 | 2,426.7 |
| Source 1: Institut National de la Météorologie (humidity/sun 1961–1990)[2][3][4][note 1] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: NOAA[6] | |||||||||||||
Sports
Siliana is the home of Uss: union Siliana sport, a football team that was founded in 1955.
Education
There is one college in siliana: "Isetsl"[7]
Gallery
References
Notes
External links
Media related to Siliana at Wikimedia Commons
