La Goulette

La Goulette
حلق الوادي
Panorama of La Goulette
Panorama of La Goulette
La Goulette is located in Tunisia
La Goulette
La Goulette
Location in Tunisia
Coordinates: 36°49′5″N 10°18′18″E / 36.81806°N 10.30500°E / 36.81806; 10.30500
Country Tunisia
GovernorateTunis Governorate
Delegation(s)La Goulette
Government
 • MayorAmel Limam (Tahya Tounes)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total45,711
Time zoneUTC1 (CET)

La Goulette (French pronunciation: [la ɡulɛt], Italian: La Goletta), in Arabic Halq al-Wadi (حلق الوادي Ḥalq el-Wād), is a municipality and the port of Tunis, Tunisia.

La Goulette is located at around 36°49′5″N 10°18′18″E / 36.81806°N 10.30500°E / 36.81806; 10.30500 on a sandbar between Lake Tūnis 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]

  1. ^ Linea, Corsica. "CORSICA linea". www.corsicalinea.com (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  2. ^ "La Goulette | Tunisia". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-07-06.