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Agareb
Commune and town in Sfax Governorate, Tunisia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Agareb (Tunisian Arabic: عقارب) is a coastal town and commune in eastern Tunisia in the Sfax Governorate. It lies 20 km from Sfax. As of 2014 it had a population of 40,943 in both the urban and rural areas.[1][2]
It was founded by a Marabout of the fourteenth century, named Brahim ben Yaakoub Sid Agareb صيد (أسد) عقارب.
Agareb has a large industrial area which includes one of largest tile plants in Tunisia. Pastoral and olive production are important.
A civil society campaign called Manish Msab ("I am not a landfill") drew national attention to Agareb as "home of the country's most toxic landfill."[3]
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