Borj El Amri or Bordj El Amri is a town in the Manouba Governorate

Manouba Governorate

Manouba Governorate is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in northern Tunisia. It has a population of 336,000 , and an area of 1,137 km2...

 of Tunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

. It located 30 kilometres (18.6 mi) southwest of Tunis

Tunis

Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants....

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The Borj El Amri municipality

Municipality

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 contains 5,556 inhabitants and is the main town (chef-lieu

Chef-lieu

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) of the Borj El Amri delegation

Delegations of Tunisia

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 which has 16,184 inhabitants.

It was created by decree

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 of the Bey of Tunis in 1904. At that time it was known as Massicault in honor of Justin Massicault, the Resident General of France

France

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 in Tunisia from 1886 to 1892. It was renamed Borj El Amri in 1961, in connection with an ancient fortress

Fortification

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 (borj).

Borj El Amri is home to the School of the Tunisian Air Force

Tunisian Air Force

The Tunisian Air Force is one of the branches of the Tunisian Armed Forces.-Air Force:The Tunisian Air Force was established in 1959, three years after Tunisia regained its independence from France. It took deliveries of its first aircraft, eight Saab 91 Safirs, in 1960, later to be complemented...

 and is served by the Borj El Amri Airport.