La Goulette
La Goulette, known in Arabic as Halq al-Wadi (Arabic: حلق الوادي 
La Goulette حلق الوادي | |
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  La Goulette Location in Tunisia | |
| Coordinates: 36°49′5″N 10°18′18″E | |
| Country |  |
| Governorate | Tunis Governorate |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 45,711 |
| Time zone | UTC1 (CET) |
The name derives from the "gullet", a channel where the city is located, not from the ship type schooner, called goélette, gulet, goleta or goletta in French, Turkish, Spanish and Italian.
La Goulette is linked to Tunis by the TGM railway.
See also
- Tunisian navy (1705-1881)
External links
- 1996 film inspired by pre-1967 religious diversity in area
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