Akouda
—  Commune and town  —
Akouda Location in Tunisia
Coordinates: 35°52′17″N 10°34′11″E / 35.87139°N 10.56972°E / 35.87139; 10.56972
Country	Tunisia
Governorate	Sousse Governorate
Population (2004)
- Commune and town	21,237
- Metro	18,998
Time zone	CET (UTC1)
Website	www.commune-akouda.gov.tn

Akouda (Arabic: عقارب‎) is small town located a few kilometres north of Sousse, Tunisia.

Administratively attached to the Sousse Governorate, it is the chief town of a delegation of the same name which in 2004 had 21,237 inhabitants, with 18,998 for the town itself.^[1] Set back from the coast, along the RN1, it is connected to the coast at Chott Meriem.

[edit] Notable people

• Salem Ben Hmida -poet
• Fakhri El Ghezal - photographer
• Abdesselem Knani -politician

[edit] References

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