La Goulette
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| La Goulette حلق الوادي La Goletta (Italian) La Goleta (Spanish) |
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La Goulette is located in Tunisia
 La Goulette
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| Country |  Tunisia |
| Governorate | Tunis Governorate |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 45,711 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC1) |
La Goulette (Tunisian Arabic: حلق الوادي <phonos file="7al9 el oued.wav">Ḥalq el-Wād</phonos>, Italian: La Goletta ) is the port of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. The Kasbah fortress was built in 1535 by Charles I of Spain but was captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1574. La Goulette is located at around Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..
The name derives from the "gullet", a channel where the city is located, not from the ship type schooner, called goélette, goleta or goletta in French, Spanish and Italian.
La Goulette is linked to Tunis by the TGM railway.
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- lagoulette.net
- 1996 film inspired by pre-1967 religious diversity in area
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