Ariana (Tunisia)

Ariana أريانة
Street in the center of Ariana
Country	Tunisia
Governorate	Ariana
Government
Area
• Total	209 sq mi (542 km2)
Population  (2014)
• Total	114,486
Time zone	UTC1 (CET)

Aryanah (Tunisian Arabic: أريانة ) is a coastal city in northeastern Tunisia. It is located at 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 is not an Arabic word, but it seems to date back to the period of the Vandal kingdom in Africa: the Vandals, in fact, were of Arian faith.

The city's origins date back to Ziriti. Under the Hafsid sultan Muhammad I al-Mustansir Ariana became the residence of the Sephardic Jewish aristocracy and Muslim Andalusian, who sought refuge in Tunisia in the thirteenth century.

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  The Essalam Mosque in Ennasr