Place:Gafsa, Gafsa, Tunisia

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NameGafsa
Alt namesCapsasource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 765; GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) p 10372; Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 423
Qafsahsource: Wikipedia
Qafşahsource: Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopædia Britannica (1985) IX, 830; Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979); USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Qafṣahsource: Britannica Book of the Year (1990) p 731
TypeCity
Coordinates34.417°N 8.783°E
Located inGafsa, Tunisia
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Gafsa ( ; qafṣah), originally called Capsa in Latin, is the capital of Gafsa Governorate of Tunisia. It lends its Latin name to the Mesolithic Capsian culture. With a population of 111,170, Gafsa is the ninth-largest Tunisian city and it is 335 kilometers from the capital Tunis.

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