Lemta
(Redirected from Lamta)
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (November 2022) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Lemta
لمطة | |
---|---|
Town | |
Coordinates: 35°40′31″N 10°52′50″E / 35.67528°N 10.88056°E | |
Country | Tunisia |
Governorate | Monastir Governorate |
Population (2014[1]) | |
• Total | 5,790 |
Lemta, historically Leptiminus, is a town in Tunisia with a history going back over 3,000 years.
History
The history of the town starts in the 13th century b.c.e. with the founding attributed to Phoenician sailors.[2]
Leptiminus, as it was called, became an ancient port city in Tunisia that flourished under Roman rule in the time of the empire. Hannibal, following the second Punic War, disembarked here on his return from Italy.
Today
The growing town, now a textile production center, hosts several excavation sites currently under Tunisian, American, and Canadian direction.
See also
References
- ^ "Populations, logements et ménages par unités administratives et milieux »" (PDF). census.ins.tn (in Arabic). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ Lamta Archaeological Museum, Republic of Tunisia's Ministry of Culture, accessed December 2012
External links
- Media related to Lamta at Wikimedia Commons
35°40′31″N 10°52′51″E / 35.6754°N 10.8807°E
Categories:
- CS1 Arabic-language sources (ar)
- Articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Commons link is locally defined
- Coordinates on Wikidata
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Roman sites in Tunisia
- Communes of Tunisia
- Roman amphitheaters in North Africa
- Populated places in Monastir Governorate
- Ancient Roman buildings and structures in Tunisia
- All stub articles
- Ancient Rome stubs
- Tunisia geography stubs