Bizerte, Tunisia: Historic City with Rich Heritage

Bizerte or Bizerta (Arabic: بنزرت, romanized: Binzart Tunisian pronunciation: [bɪnzɑrt] (listen), Italian: Biserta, French: Bizérte) the classical Hippo, is a town of Bizerte Governorate in Tunisia. It is the northernmost city in Africa, located 65 km (40mil) north of the capital Tunis. It is one of the oldest known settlements in Tunisia, having been founded by settlers from the Phoenician port of Sidon around 1100 BC. Although archaeologists have established that no Phoenician settlements in the West Mediterranean date to before the 9th century bc. It is also known as the last town to remain under French control after the rest of the country won its independence from France. The city had 142,966 inhabitants in 2014.