Hammam-Lif

Hammam-Lif حمام الأنف
36°44′N 10°20′E / 36.733°N 10.333°E / 36.733; 10.333
Country	Tunisia
Governorate	Ben Arous Governorate
Government
• Mayor	Mohamed Ayari (Nidaa Tounes)
Population  (2014)
• Total	42,518
Time zone	UTC1 (CET)

Hammam-Lif (Arabic: حمام الأنف, pronounced hammam linf) is a coastal town about 20 km south-east of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It has been known since antiquity for its thermal springs originating in Mount Bou Kornine.

History

Naro, which means fire, was Hammam-Lif's Punic name. In 1883, the French captain Ernest De Prudhomme discovered in his Hammam-lif residence the first archeological ruins of an ancient synagogue that once stood in Hammam-Lif in the 3rd-5th century, when it was part of the province of Africa Byzacena.^[1]

Hammam-Lif was once the home of Italian, Greek and Jewish communities, especially before the end of the French colonial period.

Hammam-Lif's most interesting site is probably Dar El Bey, which was the residence of Ali II Bey, the 4th bey of Tunis.

Sport

The local football team Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif won the Tunisian championship in 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956 and the Tunisian Cup in 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1985 and 2001.

Notable people

• Ahmed Achour (1945-2021), conductor and composer
• Wajiha Jendoubi (1960-), actress and comedian
• Aly Ben Ayed (1930-1972), actor and director
• Férid Boughedir (1944-), film director and screenwriter
• Abdelmajid Lakhal (1939-2014), film actor and theater director
• Témime Lahzami (1949-), football player
• Selma Baccar (1945-), filmmaker and producer
• Noureddine Kasbaoui (1931-1996), actor and director
• Mouna Noureddine (1937-), actress
• Walid Mattar (1980-), film director

See also

• Boukornine National Park

References

External links

• Information and pictures
• CSHL: Hammam-Lif's soccer team

36°44′N 10°20′E / 36.733°N 10.333°E / 36.733; 10.333