The name derives from the "gullet" or "river's throat", a channel where the city is located, and not from the ship type schooner, called goélette, gulet, goleta or goletta in French, Turkish, Spanish and Italian.[citation needed]
Transit activities
In addition to its transit and cruise activities, the port of La Goulette also receives ships carrying cargoes such as cars, bulk cereals. It handles a large portion of the country's imports and much of its exports (principally phosphates, iron ore, and fruits and vegetables).[2]
However, the development plan of the port provides for its specialization as a port exclusively reserved for passenger and tourist traffic.[3]
History
The kasbah fortress was built in 1535 by Charles I of Spain, but was captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1574. The remains of Hispano-Turkish fortifications lie inland.[2]
The port was a popular destination for summer holidays in the 19th century, known as 'la petite Sicile'. It was also home to a sizeable Jewish, Italian, and Maltese community.[2]
goulette, french, pronunciation, ɡulɛt, italian, goletta, arabic, halq, wadi, حلق, الوادي, Ḥalq, wād, municipality, port, tunis, tunisia, حلق, الواديpanorama, location, tunisiacoordinates, 81806, 30500, 81806, 30500countrytunisiagovernoratetunis, governoratede. La Goulette French pronunciation la ɡulɛt Italian La Goletta in Arabic Halq al Wadi حلق الوادي Ḥalq el Wad is a municipality and the port of Tunis Tunisia La Goulette حلق الواديPanorama of La GouletteLa GouletteLocation in TunisiaCoordinates 36 49 5 N 10 18 18 E 36 81806 N 10 30500 E 36 81806 10 30500CountryTunisiaGovernorateTunis GovernorateDelegation s La GouletteGovernment MayorAmel Limam Tahya Tounes Population 2014 Total45 711Time zoneUTC1 CET La Goulette is located at around 36 49 5 N 10 18 18 E 36 81806 N 10 30500 E 36 81806 10 30500 Coordinates 36 49 5 N 10 18 18 E 36 81806 N 10 30500 E 36 81806 10 30500 on a sandbar between Lake Tunis and the Gulf of Tunis The port located 12km east of Tunis is the point of convergence of Tunisia s major road and rail networks 1 La Goulette is linked to Tunis by the TGM railway and to Europe by a ferry service 2 Contents 1 Origin of the name 2 Transit activities 3 History 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksOrigin of the name EditThe name derives from the gullet or river s throat a channel where the city is located and not from the ship type schooner called goelette gulet goleta or goletta in French Turkish Spanish and Italian citation needed Transit activities EditIn addition to its transit and cruise activities the port of La Goulette also receives ships carrying cargoes such as cars bulk cereals It handles a large portion of the country s imports and much of its exports principally phosphates iron ore and fruits and vegetables 2 However the development plan of the port provides for its specialization as a port exclusively reserved for passenger and tourist traffic 3 History EditThe kasbah fortress was built in 1535 by Charles I of Spain but was captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1574 The remains of Hispano Turkish fortifications lie inland 2 The port was a popular destination for summer holidays in the 19th century known as la petite Sicile It was also home to a sizeable Jewish Italian and Maltese community 2 See also EditEuropean enclaves in North Africa before 1830 Tunisian navy 1705 1881 Luis Fajardo attacked this place in 1609 Tunisian ItaliansReferences Edit Linea Corsica CORSICA linea www corsicalinea com in French Retrieved 2021 07 06 a b c d La Goulette Tunisia Encyclopedia Britannica Retrieved 2021 07 06 Goulette Office de la Marine Marchande et des Ports Retrieved 2021 07 06 External links Edit Media related to La Goulette at Wikimedia Commons 1996 film inspired by pre 1967 religious diversity in area This Tunisia location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title La Goulette amp oldid 1136654816, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
