Houmt El Souk

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Houmt Souk حومة السوق
Souk selling pottery
Houmt Souk
Coordinates: 33°52′N 10°51′E / 33.867°N 10.850°E / 33.867; 10.850
Country	Tunisia
Governorate	Medenine Governorate
Government
• Mayor	Hassine Jerad (Ennahda)
Population  (2014)
• City	75,904
• Metro	44,555
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Houmt Souk (Tunisian Arabic: حومة السوق Ḥūmet es Sūq^ⓘ), meaning literally: "The Market neighbourhood", is a commune and the main town of the island of Djerba, Tunisia. A popular tourist destination, it is best known for its traditional souk and the Aghlabid fortress.

It is located at approximately 20 km (12 miles) from Ajim and 22 km (14 miles) from El Kantara by the Roman road. It is also the chief town and a municipality with 75,904 inhabitants. The city's population is 44,555 inhabitants as of 2005^[update]. The city developed on the old site of a Roman city called Gerba or Girba, and was the birthplace of two Roman Emperors, Trebonianus Gallus and his son Volusianus.^[1]