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2 unusual facts about Sousse


Juozas Tunaitis

Juozas Tunaitis (October 25, 1928, Davainiškis – June 1, 2012, Vilnius), was the Roman Catholic titular bishop of Sousse, Tunisia (1991–2012) and the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vilnius, Lithuania (1991–2010).

Salvius Julianus

Julianus was born during the last years of the Emperor Trajan (r. 98–117), probably at the village of Pupput near the Roman colony of Hadrumetum, on the east coast of Africa Province (now modern Sousse in Tunisia).


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Enfidha

It lies on the railway between Tunis and Sousse, approximately 45 km northeast of Sousse and a few kilometres inland from the Gulf of Hammamet.

Enfidaville became the chief settlement on the Enfida estate, a property of over 300,000 acres (1,200 km²) in the Sahel district of Tunisia, forming a rectangle between the towns of Hammamet, Sousse (Susa), Kairawan and Zaghwan.

Esmod

ESMOD international has a wide network in France (Paris, Bordeaux, Rennes, Lyon and Roubaix), and throughout the world (Berlin, Munich, Beijing, Beirut, Damascus, Dubai, Jakarta, Osaka, Tokyo, Oslo, Seoul, São Paulo, Sousse, Tunisia and Malaysia ; a reputed school recognized by professionals.

Henrique Mecking

After unsuccessful attempts to qualify from the Interzonals of Sousse 1967 and Palma de Mallorca 1970, he had his first major triumph in 1973, when he won at the Petrópolis Interzonal (ahead of a very strong field that included Paul Keres, David Bronstein et al.).

History of French-era Tunisia

Eventually rail lines were built all along the coast from the northwest at Tabarka to Bizerte, to Tunis and Sousse, to Sfax and Gabès; inland routes went from the coastal ports to Gafsa, to Kasserine, and to El Kef.

Ortvin Sarapu

In addition to Bogolyubov, other world-class players whom Sarapu played include World Champions Bobby Fischer (a loss at the Sousse 1967 Interzonal), Garry Kasparov (a loss at the Lucerne 1982 Olympiad), and Boris Spassky (a draw at Wellington 1988), and perennial World Championship candidate Viktor Korchnoi (a draw at the Sousse Interzonal).

Salem Ben Hmida

Born in Akouda, just north of Sousse, he studied at the University of Ez-Zitouna in 1947, he chaired the Sahelian cooperation within the Tunisian General Labour Union.


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