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Aryanah or Ariana (Arabic: أريانة‎ About this soundAriana) is a coastal city in north-eastern Tunisia, part the agglomeration of Tunis, also called "Grand Tunis". It is located at the north of Tunis city center, around 36°51′45″N 10°11′44″E. It is the capital of Ariana Governorate and the country's eighth largest city. The city's name seems to date back to the period of the Vandal kingdom in Africa: the Vandals, in fact, were of Arian faith. It could also be a reference to Persian settlers from the Islamic invasion of the Maghreb as Persians reffer to themselves as "Aryan". The city's origins date back to the Zirid dynasty. Under the Hafsid sultan Muhammad I al-Mustansir Ariana became the residence of the Sephardi Jews and Muslim Andalusians, who sought refuge in Tunisia in the thirteenth century.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryanah
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Coordinates:   36°51'49"N   10°11'27"E

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