Sidi Raïs is a village and locality on Cape Bon in Tunisia.
It is located on the Gulf of Tunis ( خليج تونس ) and is notable as the last place that the Posidonia oceanica a marine phanerogam persists on the surface of the water (so-called "reef" form). It is near the bath town of Korbous. Surrounded by the Qorbus Forest and beaches of the Mediterranean, the area has been popular as a health resort for residents of Carthage since Roman times,[1][2] and extensive ruins can be found to the north near Korbous.
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edit- ^ Beni Otsmane: Tunisia, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA.
- ^ Beni Otsmane Tunisia, North Africa.
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