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La Goulette Description
Northeast of Tunis, at the end of the causeway over the Lake of Tunis, is La Goulette, the port suburb of the capital (pop. 50,000). It is reached by bus or TGM from Tunis, or by car over the causeway. The name is derived from Arabic halk el oued ("river mouth") - referring to the natural channel through the strip of land bounding the Lake of Tunis, which has been open since ancient times. As a result La Goulette has been from time immemorial a place of strategic importance, controlling the entrance to Tunis's Harbor. In the reign of the Emperor Charles V it was the most important Spanish possession in the eastern Maghreb; and from 1574 onwards the Turks enlarged and strengthened the fortress built by Spain. La Goulette became a port only
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